Researchers Demo Physical Attack via Car Wash Hack

LAS VEGAS – BLACK HAT USA – Researchers have created proof-of-concept (PoC) exploits to demonstrate how hackers can cause physical damage to vehicles and injure their occupants by remotely hijacking a connected car wash.
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Researchers Demo Physical Attack via Car Wash Hack

LAS VEGAS – BLACK HAT USA – Researchers have created proof-of-concept (PoC) exploits to demonstrate how hackers can cause physical damage to vehicles and injure their occupants by remotely hijacking a connected car wash.
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Segway miniPRO Flaws Put Riders at Risk of Injury

The Ninebot by Segway miniPRO hoverboard-style electric scooter is affected by several vulnerabilities that can be exploited to take control of the device and possibly injure the rider, security consulting firm IOActive warned.
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Millions of IoT Devices Possibly Affected by ‘Devil’s Ivy’ Flaw

A vulnerability dubbed by researchers “Devil’s Ivy,” which exists in an open source library present in the products of many companies, could affect millions of security cameras and other Internet of Things (IoT) devices.

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Linguistic Analysis Suggests WannaCry Authors Speak Chinese

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Thousands of Devices Hacked by Rakos Botnet

Thousands of devices have been hacked by a Linux malware named Rakos, and while researchers have yet to see any actual malicious activity involving the botnet, they believe it could be used for powerful distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks.
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