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Wireless protocols are not exempt from cybersecurity risks. IT security audit specialists say that more than one billion Bluetooth-enabled devices (smartphones, IoT equipment, laptops, switches, and others) present a critical vulnerability that, if exploited, would allow hackers to intercept transmitted data between two connected devices, especially smartphones. Tracked as CVE-2019-9506, this vulnerability is present in […]
A research team from the Tencent firm discovered several security vulnerabilities in BMW models. Tencent Keen Security Lab’s information security experts found 14 vulnerabilities that affect several BMW models, including models; BMW i, BMW X, BMW 3 Series, BMW 5 Series and BMW 7 Series. The investigation was conducted for one year between January 2017 and February […]
Russian ATMs Are Hackable It was recently revealed that some ATMs that are running in Russia are still operating on Windows XP operating system, which is why it is possible to hack ATM machines. As per an employee working for The Russian Blogging Platform, ATMs running on Windows XP have security flaws and it is […]
A convention in Athens, Greece, Munro detailed some of the appalling security lapses Pen Test Partners found while investigating naval ships that had things exposed online. His study focused on using basic tools, known by all intelligent security researchers, but also threat actors alike. Just by using Shodan, a search engine that recognizes anything connected […]
Jonathan Petit, security researcher at Security Innovation, Inc., has revealed he can easily fool the LiDAR sensors on any self-driving car to slow down or abruptly stop by sending it a simple laser pulse. LiDAR stands for Light Detection and Ranging and is a sensing technology that can measure the distance of an object by […]