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Exploring Phreaking's Legacy and Its Relevance in Android Hacking

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In the 1960s and 70s, technically savvy enthusiasts sought to game telecommunications systems to make free calls, keeping telecom engineers on their toes.

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Oct 23, 2015

FitBit Security Flaw: Bluetooth Exploit Enables Quick Malware Delivery

A security researcher has developed a method by which one can exploit a vulnerability in FitBit fitness trackers and subsequently deliver malware to the target device in 10 seconds.

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Oct 21, 2015

Combatting Zero-Day Threats and Vulnerabilities Effectively Today

How do you defend yourself against the unknown? That is crux of the zero-day vulnerability: a software vulnerability that, by definition, is unknown by the user of the software and often its developer as well.

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Oct 20, 2015

Magento Exploited: Neutrino Kit Infects E-commerce Sites

Some websites running the e-commerce platform Magento appear to have been infected with code that directs victims to the Neutrino exploit kit. It's not exactly clear how the Magento sites were infected, wrote Denis Sinegubko, a senior malware researcher with Sucuri, a Delware-based security company.

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Oct 19, 2015

USB Device Delivers 220-Volt Surge Causing Computer Damage

USB sticks have long been a mechanism for delivering malware to unsuspecting computer users. A booby-trapped flash drive, for instance, was the means by which the US and Israel reportedly infected Iran's Natanz uranium enrichment facility with the Stuxnet worm. And, in case anyone thought USB stick attacks had lost their novelty, last year's Bad USB proof-of-concept exploit delivered a highly programmable attack platform that can't be detected by today's defenses.

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Oct 15, 2015

Siri Security Issue: Hackers Trigger Commands Using Radio Waves

Siri may be your personal assistant. But your voice is not the only one she listens to. As a group of French researchers have discovered, Siri also helpfully obeys the orders of any hacker who talks to her

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Oct 14, 2015

High-Speed Password Cracking With 25-GPU Cluster Technology

A password-cracking expert has unveiled a computer cluster that can cycle through as many as 350 billion guesses per second. It's an almost unprecedented speed that can try every possible Windows passcode in the typical enterprise in less than six hours.

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Oct 09, 2015

Vigilante Malware Enhances Router Protection Against Infections

Forget about traditional PC malware: Infecting routers and other Internet-connected devices is the new hotness among malicious actors, given its effectiveness and relative ease. But there

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Oct 05, 2015

WinRAR Remote Execution Threat Analysis: User Risks Exposed

So Twitter exploded earlier with calls of a remote code execution WinRAR vulnerability leaving half a BILLION users open for some hardcore exploitation.

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Oct 01, 2015

Derbycon: Craig Smith's Tool Uncovers Car Repair Malware Risks

OVER THE LAST summer, the security research community has proven like never before that cars are vulnerable to hackers

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Oct 01, 2015

Recent AWS Exploit Highlights Key Theft Threat for Cloud Users

Piercing a key selling point of commercial cloud computing services, computer scientists have devised a hack that allows an attacker using Amazon's EC2 platform to steal the secret cryptographic keys of other users.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 29, 2015

GreenDispenser Malware Attacks ATMs: Cash Extraction Threat Emerges

Security researchers have discovered a new malware program that infects automated teller machines (ATMs) and allows attackers to extract cash on command. The program is dubbed GreenDispenser and was detected in Mexico. However, it's only a matter of time until similar attacks are adopted by cybercriminals in other countries, researchers from security firm Proofpoint said in a blog post.

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Sep 25, 2015

5.6 Million Federal Employees: OPM Fingerprint Theft Incident

When hackers steal your password, you change it. When hackers steal your fingerprints, they

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Sep 24, 2015

Michael Larson's Remarkable Performance on Press Your Luck

On May 19, 1984, before a live studio audience for the game show Press Your Luck, a squirrely-looking, gray-bearded 35-year-old named Michael Larson leapt from behind his podium and squealed with joy.

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Sep 23, 2015

Target Corp. 2013 Data Breach Investigation Report Overview

In December 2013, just days after a data breach exposed 40 million customer debit and credit card accounts, Target Corp. hired security experts at Verizon to probe its networks for weaknesses. The results of that confidential investigation

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Sep 21, 2015

Rapid Rise In WordPress Attacks: Thousands Hosting Malware Threats

Attackers have hijacked thousands of websites running the WordPress content management system and are using them to infect unsuspecting visitors with potent malware exploits, researchers said Thursday.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 18, 2015

Vladimir Drinkman: Major Role In Historic U.S. Data Breach Incident

A Russian hacker extradicted to the US earlier this year admitted his role in the largest hack in US history. The attack compromised more than 160 million credit card numbers, resulting in hundreds of millions of US dollars in losses.

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Sep 17, 2015

Essential Resources and Strategies for Safely Hacking Your Tesla

This post is just for my own notes. I'm buying a new car (arrives in October) and I need to gather up notes on how to hack it.

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Sep 16, 2015

Cisco Routers Compromise: Rogue Firmware Enables Data Harvesting

Security researchers from Mandiant, which is the computer forensic arm of U.S. security research firm FireEye have detected a real-world attack that has installed rogue firmware on business routers in four countries. It possibly allows cybercriminals to harvest huge amounts of data without being detected by existing cybersecurity defenses.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 16, 2015

Hackers Exploit Existing Tools, Ditch Malware For Attacks

To avoid detection, some hackers are ditching malware and living "off the land" -- using whatever tools are already available in the compromised systems, according to a new report from Dell SecureWorks. In fact, this has been the case for nearly all the intrusions analyzed by the Dell SecureWorks

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 14, 2015

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