Earlier this year, I wrote a tip for those using Google Chrome as their primary web browser. Although Microsoft’s Edge is getting extension support later this year, including the porting of Chrome extensions, Chrome has them right now. The extension that I am talking about simply auto-generates a localized QR…
Researchers wirelessly hack a Corvette’s brakes using an insurance dongle
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans By sending SMS messages to an OBD2 dongle connected to the dashboard of a Corvette, the researchers were able to pass commands to the car’s CAN bus, which controls a slew of critical functions, including the car’s brakes. Less than a…
Good News: China Was Hacking and Reading U.S. Government Email When Hillary Was Using Unsecure, Private Server
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Good news, everyone. According to anew report from NBC, Chinese cyber attackers were hacking and reading email belonging to U.S. government officials between 2010 and 2014 (and that’s just what we know about) under the code name “dancing Panda.” Hillary Clinton,…
Force Touch on Apple iPhone 6s will activate short cuts depending on the app you’re using?
Force Touch is reportedly this year’s killer new feature for the Apple iPhone 6s and Apple iPhone 6s Plus. And while that sounds interesting, just what will happen when you unleash a stronger touch input on your iPhone screen? According to a person who has used Force Touch on the…
Find out if your Android device is exposed to MMS attacks using Zimperium’s Stagefright Detector App
Last week, security researchers from Zimperium have reported on a vulnerability in Android’s Stagefright media playback library, one that is thought to affect about 950 million active Android devices. In a nutshell, potential hackers can take control of the affected smartphones by sending a malicious SMS. For more details on…
FDA alert advises hospitals and med centers stop using hacker-vulnerable networked IV pumps
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued an alert advising hospitals, nursing homes, and other medical care centers to stop using the Symbiq Infusion System of intravenous pumps, which deliver IV medications with dosages programmed over a hospital’s wireless network. As…
How AIG Is Using Cyber Intelligence to Protect Property from Cyber Attacks
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A three-hour shutdown of the New York Stock Exchange on the same day that a network failure halted all United Airlines flights in the U.S. had people across the country thinking one thing: cyber-attack. It wasn’t, but the July 8 incidents…
The PhoneArena 2015 census: What brand phone are you using right now?
Almost exactly 9 months ago, we asked our readers to participate in the first of its kind PhoneArena census, and share information about their current smartphone. Many thousands of you — 11,169, to be exact — took up our call and voted. Now, with the end of 2015 finally getting…
A hacker cartel is using a mysterious Flash vulnerability to steal sensitive business data
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Hackers are using a mysterious, as yet undiscovered, Flash vulnerability, to steal sensetive business data from Macbook and Windows users, according to researchers at Kaspersky Lab. Kaspersky Lab revealed the campaign in a threat advisory, warning a hacker group, known as Wild…
Police: Woman sought for using stolen credit card
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans HANOVER, Pa. (WHTM) – Police are asking for tips from the public to solve a case of credit card fraud. State police on Monday released surveillance photos of a woman who allegedly used a stolen credit card to buy $650 worth…