Security news that informs and inspires

2376 articles by

Hacking Medical Devices to Hijack Secure Facilities

Security researchers have demonstrated in the past how implanted medical devices such as insulin pumps and pacemakers can be compromised. A team from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University investigated how these devices could be used to compromise secure facilities used to work on classified information.

Black Hat, Medical Devices

The DoH Continues to Rise

Adoption of DNS over HTTPS (DoH) continues to rise, but so do concerns about network visibility and centralization of DNS services.

DNS, Black Hat

The Hacker Movie Sequels You Didn’t Know You Needed

Dennis Fisher, Zoe Lindsey, and Pete Baker got tired of waiting for Hollywood to make sequels to some of our favorite hacker movies, so we came up with some pitches for the sequels we'd like to see.

Podcast

Lawmakers Ask FTC to Investigate Data Brokers

A group of Congressional lawmakers urged the Federal Trade Commission to investigate ad-tech companies and data brokers who collect and sell consumers’ personal information.

FTC, Data Privacy

DHS Exposes Chinese Malware Tools

The US government has published a detailed analysis of the Taidoor trojan it says is used by the Chinese government in network compromises.

Malware