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YARD Stick One on the surface is a harmless device, but it could help thieves and burglars in their malicious activities. It is a hand-held USB stick easily available at Amazon and can substantially help in deactivating wireless burglar alarm systems. Priced at just $142 (£109), this gadget is going to increase problems for users […]
The manufacturers of Electronic cigarette highlight the benefits to letting you lead a stress-free and healthy life, what they certainly do not highlight was that the device could be used for malware distribution as well. It’s amazing what hackers can do these days. When it comes to malware, they prefer sending malicious attachments in an email but times have changed and […]
It seems that Mazda car owners have discovered a hack that allows them to tweak the Mazda’s MZD Connect infotainment system by just inserting a USB that has been loaded with a particular code. The issue is not new When you see the Mazda3Revoloution Forum, you will realize that the issue had been known since […]
According to a report submitted by the security company called F-Secure, the security cameras made by a Foscam company from China have some notable flaws. For example, they’re extremely vulnerable to hacking attacks that when an attack is performed, the cameras might allow the hacker to see video feeds, compromise other devices, download existing files and […]
A survey conducted by Altman Vilandrie & Company, a strategy consulting group based in the United States, studied how many firms have been subject to a security breach and what did it cost them as such. The results showed that as much as 48% of the 400 IT executives surveyed told that a security breach […]
Now in the custody of the FBI, a gang calling itself the Hooligans Motorcycle Gang, had launched an operation in South California whereby they stole over a hundred Jeep Wranglers and moved them to Mexico where they would either sell the entire jeep or sell its parts. The Hooligans Motorcycle Club: According to the indictment issued […]
It is not surprising to know that Internet-connected Medical devices are vulnerable to cyber attacks. There have been several cases in the recent past in which cyber criminals took over life-saving devices and held them to ransom. Now, it has been identified that WannaCry ransomware, the heinous ransomware that has been on the loose for over […]
IT security researchers at Trend Mirco demonstrated [PDF] how factory/industrial robots could be hacked and used for malicious purposes by threat actors – The demonstration centers around the security flaws in Internet of Things (IoT) devices and how they require emergency security implementations. The robots in question are manufactured by forums like ABB, Kawasaki, Fanuc and Yaskawa. T. The […]
Recorded Future, a threat intelligence company together with Shodan, which is an internet search engine connecting services to internet devices, have created an online crawler which they call the Malware Hunter. What does it do? The Malware Hunter is a program that sends out signals similar to what a Trojan would send to its control-and-command […]
Cracking the wireless security systems of cars has been done in the past several times, but now researchers of Qihoo 360 showed that it’s a piece of cake if you have the right device. For better or worse, researchers of a Beijing-based security firm- Qihoo 360 built a gadget which can bypass the security systems […]
A man killed his wife and tried to have someone else convicted of his crime. However, the whole case was solved through Fitbit timeline. According to reports, the murder took place on 23rd December 2015 at around 10 a.m. The victim, Connie Dabate, was a married woman and mother of two children and as evidence revealed […]
As recently as April 4, a security camera recorded two people simply walking around a car and one of them was holding some type of bag close to the front door of a house. Next thing you know; they managed to steal a BMW. This has happened only days after a Mercedes was taken in […]
Smart TV isn’t that “Smart” if you ask us. The whole idea behind a smart TV is to let the consumers control their device through the Internet, but what if there is a critical flaw in the security system of the smart TV? What if hackers can easily bypass the security measures of a television […]
It’s common knowledge that Internet of Things (IoT) devices are being hacked on a large scale and cyber criminals are turning them into a botnet that would then be used to launch DDoS attacks; finally a security solution may have arrived, and it is called Cloudflare Orbit. Most of the hacked IoT devices were hacked […]
Hyundai Blue Link apps on Android and Apple app stores are vulnerable to cyber attacks which if exploited can allow attackers to steal personal as well as sensitive data of the user. The vulnerability exists in the apps’ software 3.9.4 and 3.9.5 which takes advantage of insecure WiFi spots or by the standard man-in-the-middle (MitM) attack to […]
Short Bytes: A hacker, who goes by the name Janit0r, claims to have bricked more than 2 million insecure IoT devices. This hardware-damaging attack was launched using Permanent Denial of Service attacks (PDoS attacks) and targeting the flawed or misconfigured devices. Janit0r calls himself “The Doctor” who wishes that IoT industry will learn a lesson and get its […]
[jpshare] Hajime Worm First Discovered on October 2016 and it used to spreads via unsecured devices with self-replication module that have open Telnet ports and use default passwords. Hajime Worm Battle with Mirai Botnet indicate that ,Hajime was specifically created to protect against Mirai . According to Symantec ,Unlike Mirai, which uses hardcoded addresses for […]
A few days back, one of the Garagdet’s customer faced some technical difficulties using the iOS app of his internet-connected garage doors opener and left a negative comment on the company’s message board and on Amazon as well. R. Martin, the customer experiencing issues with the app stated on Amazon that, “Junk – DO NOT […]
Samsung Electronics has remained in the news lately for all the wrong reasons. Now there is another not-so-great achievement by the company that is related to its Tizen operating system. According to the findings of an Israeli IT security researcher Amihai Neiderman, this OS contains not one or two but around 40 Critical security flaws. […]
Researchers have discovered a simple way to hack an Internet-connected vibrator that, of course, comes equipped with a camera. After hacking the device, a video can be streamed live, and the user might not even know what happened. The Internet of Things (IoT) devices have become so vulnerable that from smart TVs to cars, from smartphones to plugs […]
Last August, a Malware called Mirai was discovered. Now, it appears that it has a new variant that has launched a 54-hour DDoS-attack against an unnamed US college. According to Imperva Incapsula, the attack occurred a month ago on February 28, and yet it is only now that the news it out. Researchers believe it to be […]