By Chris Baraniuk A British surgeon who helped Syrian doctors online has told the Telegraph he fears his computer was hacked, leading to an air strike on a hospital. David…
Month: March 2018
Holy sweat! Wearables have THREE attack surfaces
The device, the app and the cloud, and your development lifecycle isn’t fit enough to catch up By Simon Sharwood Black Hat Asia Wearable devices – and anything that relies…
IoT Security Spending to Top $1.5 Billion This Year
Tara Seals Internet of things (IoT)-based attacks continue to make headlines and are becoming more frequent. According to a Gartner survey, nearly one-fifth of organizations have observed at least one…
Teenager hacks crypto-currency wallet
A hardware wallet designed to store crypto-currencies, and touted by its manufacturer as tamper-proof, has been hacked by a British 15-year-old. Writing on his blog, Saleem Rashid said he had…
Android Banking Trojan Fakebank Adds Vishing Dimension
Tara Seals Symantec has warned of a new variant of the Fakebank Android malware family that adds a “vishing” (voice phishing) angle: Once installed, the malware will intercept mobile calls…
Orbitz Attack Impacts Hundreds of Thousands of Consumers
Tara Seals Popular travel-booking site Orbitz has likely been hacked, potentially exposing payment card information for people that bought plane tickets or booked hotel rooms over the course of two…