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This is becoming a real headache for customers of Orange Livebox ADSL modem in France and Spain during the Christmas season; almost 19,500 modems have been discovered leaking WiFi credentials. This discovery has been made by a security researcher during the last weekend. ZDNet reports, “Over the weekend, a security researcher has discovered that nearly […]
Short Bytes: A group of researchers has revealed a new method to steal sensitive information from a user’s computer or phone. Named WindTalker, this technique sniffs a user’s hand movement on the screen and keyboard by reading the channel state information (CSI). To block this attack, the payment apps can simply randomize the keypad layouts. Every other […]
Short Bytes: At the recently-held Moogfest, an art and music festival, artists Kyle McDonald and Surya Mattu showed how our devices continuously leak data that can be sniffed by anybody. Using an installation called Wi-Fi Whisperer, made from 8 Raspberry Pis and wireless antennas, they were able to grab such data and display in the form […]