13 Reasons Why WordPress Hacks are Successful

In the attacker’s world, all vulnerabilities and potential exploits work toward the hacker’s advantage — not yours, not mine. This includes WordPress hacks. While living back east (over a decade ago), I was friends with several small … Continue reading 13 Reasons Why WordPress Hacks are Successful

New Phishing Kit Allows Bypassing Two-Factor Authentication with Ease

Attackers have a new phishing tool in their arsenal, and it’s a powerful one. A penetration tester released an open source toolkit that can be used to easily set up phishing attacks that can bypass two-factor authentication (2FA). Dubbed Modlish… Continue reading New Phishing Kit Allows Bypassing Two-Factor Authentication with Ease

Goodbye Chevy Volt, The Perfect Car For A Future That Never Was

A month ago General Motors announced plans to wind down production of several under-performers. At the forefront of news coverage on this are the consequences facing factories making those cars, and the people who work there. The human factor associated with the closing of these plans is real. But there is also another milestone marked by the cancellation of the Volt. Here at Hackaday, we choose to memorialize the soon-to-be-departed Chevrolet Volt. An obituary buried in corporate euphemisms is a whimper of an end for what was once their technological flagship car of the future.

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