Ukraine’s national postal service has been hit by a two-day-long cyber-attack targeting its online system that tracks parcels. Unknown hackers carried out a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack against…
Tag: Internet of Things
Amazon Echo turned into covert microphone
Amazon’s Echo smart speaker can be hacked to send the audio stream of everything it hears to an attacker, says a researcher. Mark Barnes said the attack on some versions…
Cisco Warns of Coming “Destruction of Service” Attacks
By Phil Muncaster Cisco has warned that the recent Petya/NotPetya and WannaCry campaigns could foreshadow a dangerous new breed of “destruction of service” (DeOS) attacks. Like the ‘Petya’ campaign which…
Virgin Media urges password change over hacking risk
Virgin Media has told 800,000 customers to change their passwords to protect against being hacked. An investigation by Which? found that hackers could access the provider’s Super Hub 2 router,…
'How foul-mouthed hackers messed up my life'
By Tom Jackson Technology of Business reporter As our “smart” homes fill up with internet-connected devices, the risk grows that hackers will find weak points in our networks, steal our…
Next-gen IoT botnet Hajime nearly 300K strong
Impact could rival Mirai if it ever gets used. By Tim Greene The Hajime botnet is nearly 300,000 strong, making it a latent threat nearly as powerful as the notorious…