Tag: Hacking
Tech Pranksters Create Self-Driving Traffic Jam in San Francisco with 50 Waymos
This isn’t the first autonomous traffic jam to occur in the Bay…
China rated Canada’s most aggressive cyber threat
India makes it onto list of likely threats for the first time…
Inside the Chinese military attack on Nortel – National | Globalnews.ca
Cybersecurity experts say the fall of Canadian telecom giant Nortel was a…
Security Researchers Use a Flipper Zero to “Steal” a Tesla Model 3, Fanning the Flames of Ban Plans – Hackster.io
The Government of Canada’s claims of car-theft capabilities are partially proven —…
Three million malware-infected smart toothbrushes used in Swiss DDoS attacks — botnet causes millions of euros in damages
Dental IoT devices caused millions of Euros in damages for Swiss company,…
McDonald’s Ice Cream Machine Hackers Say They Found the ‘Smoking Gun’ That Killed Their Startup
Kytch, the company that tried to fix McDonald’s broken ice cream machines,…
India – wish I could have hacked that sign in Durgapur…
https://www.fark.com/comments/12990054/0#c0 wxboy: These types of signs are well-known for being trivial to…
Watch: Electronic construction sign displays profanity in Houston – UPI.com
Public works officials in Houston said they do not know how an…
Project – hack the electronic signs on the 400-series highways
placeholder. some ideas for messages: if during Leafs, Raptors, or Jays season,…
The Cheap Radio Hack That Disrupted Poland’s Railway System
The sabotage of more than 20 trains in Poland by apparent supporters…
Code Kept Secret for Years Reveals Its Flaw—a Backdoor
A secret encryption cipher baked into radio systems used by critical infrastructure…
Automakers can’t quit manual transmissions so they’re cramming fake stuff into EVs
Fake manual transmission is basically like playing a simulator. Source: Automakers can’t…
Russian TV Hacked With Anti-War Message Ahead of Military Parade Coverage
“On your hands is the blood of thousands of Ukrainians and their…
Revealed: the hacking and disinformation team meddling in elections
Unit led by Tal Hanan that boasts vast army of bots exposed…
US farmers win right to repair John Deere equipment
The grassroots movement has grown among consumers around the world as repair…
Service agreements, TOS, must be avail in diff format.
whena service has changed it tos, i shouyld be abler to see…
Serious Security: How to store your users’ passwords safely
Following our popular article explaining what Adobe did wrong with its users’…
How Inmates Play Tabletop RPGs in Prisons Where Dice Are Contraband
In correctional facilities across America, inmates cluster around tables in the common…
Our password hashing has no clothes
https://www.troyhunt.com/our-password-hashing-has-no-clothes/
James Stanley – Cheating at chess with a computer for my shoes
Source: James Stanley – Cheating at chess with a computer for my…
Powering Up With USB: Untangling The USB Power Delivery Standards
Powering external devices directly from a PC’s I/O ports has been a…
Why American Farmers Are Hacking Their Tractors With Ukrainian Firmware
A dive into the thriving black market of John Deere tractor hacking….
Time to end Ontario’s legal cannabis monopoly, industry says | National Post
Deliveries are still not back to normal nearly three weeks since a…
‘Ask all the time: why do I need this?’ How to stop your vacuum from spying on you
Even if you’re not gadget-obsessed, the odds are you’ve got at least…
Pluralistic: 15 Aug 2022 – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
Source: Pluralistic: 15 Aug 2022 – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
Researcher Hacks Into Backend for Network of Smart Jacuzzis
A security researcher discovered a security vulnerability in SmartTubs that gave them…
Anonymous Takes Anti-Putin Battle To Russian People With Printer Attack To Disrupt Kremlin’s Propaganda
The latest is a printer hack, which allows the collective to send…
Falsehoods Programmers Believe About Names | Kalzumeus Software
Source: Falsehoods Programmers Believe About Names | Kalzumeus Software
More falsehoods programmers believe about time; “wisdom of the crowd” edition
Source: More falsehoods programmers believe about time; “wisdom of the crowd” edition
New Chinese hacking tool found, spurring U.S. warning to allies
Security researchers with U.S. cybersecurity firm Symantec said they have discovered a…
A Fight Over the Right to Repair Cars Turns Ugly
In the wake of a voter-approved law, Subaru and Kia dealers in…
Teen hacker claims ability to control 25 Teslas worldwide | Automotive News Europe
David Colombo said a software flaw allowed him to unlock doors and…
Hacking Coinbase: The Great Bitcoin Bank Robbery
As Bitcoin and Ethereum become targets for thieves, how cryptocurrency companies are…
China Shows Its Hacking Prowess at $2 Million Contest – Bloomberg
“At this year’s Tianfu Cup, which took place Oct. 16-17, news reports said…
A Pentagon official said he resigned because US cybersecurity is no match for China, calling it ‘kindergarten level’
Nicolas Chaillan, the US Air Force’s chief software officer, quit in September,…
Disrupting Ransomware by Disrupting Bitcoin – Schneier on Security
Source: Disrupting Ransomware by Disrupting Bitcoin – Schneier on Security
Hacking bitcoin wallets with quantum computers could happen – but cryptographers are racing to build a workaround
Within a decade, quantum computers are expected to be able to hack…
Chinese hackers behind July 2021 SolarWinds zero-day attacks
In mid-July this year, Texas-based software provider SolarWinds released an emergency security…
The Incredible Rise of North Korea’s Hacking Army
The country’s cyber forces have raked in billions of dollars for the…
The SolarWinds Hack Is Just the Beginning
The United States must learn to live with cyber-espionage. Source: The SolarWinds…
Microsoft says it found 1,000-plus developers’ fingerprints on the SolarWinds attack
As FireEye reveals how suspicious second phone signed up for 2FA gave…
The disappearing history of the Bay Area’s themed Fry’s Electronics stores
Source: The disappearing history of the Bay Area’s themed Fry’s Electronics stores
To the brain, reading computer code is not the same as reading language: Neuroscientists find that interpreting code activates a general-purpose brain network, but not language-processing centers
Neuroscientists have found reading computer code does not rely on the regions…
Top federal cybersecurity experts explain why the SolarWinds cyberattack is such a big deal — and why it’s too soon to declare cyberwar
Cybersecurity experts including former CISA director Chris Krebs explain what happened, why…
Hacked networks will need to be burned ‘down to the ground’
It’s going to take months to kick elite hackers widely believed to…
Suspected Russian hack is much worse than first feared: Here’s what you need to know
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said the threat “poses a…
