NCSC: Secure your webcams now
We don’t want to see what you do behind closed doors, but lots of hackers would be happy to pull up a chair to view that video stream. Continue reading NCSC: Secure your webcams now
Category Archives: default passwords
Hacking 2020 voting systems is a ‘piece of cake’
That’s how Senator Wyden described the results of DefCon’s Voting Village, where all of 100 voting systems were easily picked apart by hackers. Continue reading Hacking 2020 voting systems is a ‘piece of cake’
Hacking 2020 voting systems is a ‘piece of cake’
That’s how Senator Wyden described the results of DefCon’s Voting Village, where all of 100 voting systems were easily picked apart by hackers. Continue reading Hacking 2020 voting systems is a ‘piece of cake’
What a teen grade hacker’s confession can teach us
“We had access to the grade book. Now we could change the grades.” Continue reading What a teen grade hacker’s confession can teach us
Top 5 Configuration Mistakes That Create Field Days for Hackers
Having appropriate security configurations requires your applications, servers and databases to be hardened in accordance with best practices. Continue reading Top 5 Configuration Mistakes That Create Field Days for Hackers
IDenticard Zero-Days Allow Corporate Building Access, Location Recon
Multiple hardcoded passwords allow attackers to create badges to gain building entry, access video surveillance feeds, manipulate databases and more. Continue reading IDenticard Zero-Days Allow Corporate Building Access, Location Recon
Pentagon data breach puts personal details of 30,000 staff at risk
The Pentagon has admitted that up to 30,000 military workers and civilian personnel have had their personal information and credit card data exposed following a security breach. The security breach occurred at a third-party vendor which provides travel… Continue reading Pentagon data breach puts personal details of 30,000 staff at risk
The password to your IoT device is just a Google search away
Researchers at Ben-Gurion University were often able to find default passwords in under 30 minutes with a simple Google search. Continue reading The password to your IoT device is just a Google search away
IoT Malware Activity Already More Than Doubled 2016 Numbers
The number of new malware samples in the wild this year targeting connected internet-of-things (IoT) devices has already more than doubled last year’s total. Continue reading IoT Malware Activity Already More Than Doubled 2016 Numbers
FTC Issues Public Challenge to Improve IoT Patching
The FTC announced the IoT Home Inspector Challenge, a contest with the goal of coming up with a patching solution fit for consumer-grade connected devices used in the home. Continue reading FTC Issues Public Challenge to Improve IoT Patching