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Category Archives: Security Blog
Volkswagen Hack
In the traditional meaning of the word hack, there are some half-million diesel powered Volkswagens out that have the capability to detect when they are hooked up to an emissions computer and switch modes to ‘burn clean’, which are normally … Continue reading
Remember Galen Marsh?
I wrote about Galen Marsh as the guy who posted the information of 900 clients on PasteBin with promises that he had a LOT more to sell. Roughly the private information on 730,000 Morgan Stanley clients. There was rumor that … Continue reading
The Internet of Shit
There are so many things that are spawning with Internet of Things technology. Internet connected everything! Most devices spy on us… What happens when devices learn they can blackmail us? The Internet of Shit’s Twitter presence is one to follow.
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Tagged 2015, blackmail, Internet of Things, privacy, twitter
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CVS Photo – Data Breach
Credit card information collected by the independent vendor who manages and hosts CVSPhoto.com may have been compromised, and customer registrations related to online photo processing and CVSPhoto.com are completely separate from CVS.com and the pharmacies. Financial transactions on CVS.com and … Continue reading
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Tagged 2015, breach, credit card, data breaches, third party, Third Party Assessments
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Infographic on Data Breaches
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Tagged 2015, breach, data breaches, infographic
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Excellus Healthcare (Blue Cross Blue Shield) Data Breach
Attackers may have gained access to Excellus clients’ names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, mailing addresses, telephone numbers, member identification numbers, financial account information and claim information as indicators of compromise goes back to 2013. Excellus has a client … Continue reading
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Tagged 2015, blue cross blue shield, breaches, data breaches, excellus, ponemon
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Ashley Madison Users Don’t Know Password Security
It took about 10 days to crack over 11 million passwords of Ashley Madison subscribers/users. Here are some of the worst ones…
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Tagged 2015, password, password cracking, passwords, privacy
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Hijacked Satellite (Download Links) used to Steal Data From Thousands of Computers
The Turla APT group (we think), who are responsible for the Epic Turla cyber-espionage operation, pushing malware to hundreds of computers in more than 45 countries, have hijacked downstream links from satellites to hide their command and control servers. The … Continue reading
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Tagged 2015, APT, command and control, phishing, satellite, social engineering, Turla, watering hole
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Mars Rover Susceptible to Integer Overflow Vulnerability
The Mars Rover has parts that run on VxWorks, and with that, bring some vulnerabilities. The Integer Overflow vulnerability was in the OS which allows targeting a specific part of the operating system and write to memory on the machine running. … Continue reading
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Tagged Integer Overflow Vulnerability, Mars Rover, vulnerability, VxWorks
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Vehicle Automation Susceptible to DoS Attacks
Self driving cars are pretty darn cool, but so are cybersecurity attacks against them. Like stopping them in their tracks with a laser pointer. No kidding! Security researcher, Dr. Jonathan Petit, (English version of little john… lol) points out the … Continue reading
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Tagged 2015, car hacking, cyber risk, driverless cars, hacking, jonathan petit, lidar
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