Cybersecurity

San Francisco Rail System Hacker Hacked — Krebs on Security

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2016/11/san-francisco-rail-system-hacker-hacked/ This hack was on news few days ago. This article is a good report on what happened. →

66% of Organizations Won’t Survive a Cyberattack

http://www.securitymagazine.com/articles/87590-of-organizations-wont-survive-a-cyberattack?utm_content=42849784&utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkedin According to this article most organizations are not properly prepared against cyber attack. Many of them might not be able to properly recover from such attack. →

$55 surveillance camera hacked by Mirai botnet within 98 seconds

https://www.hackread.com/mirai-botnet-hacks-surveillance-camera-in-98-secs/ This article reports how Mirai botnet got access to security camera. The security of networked security cameras needs to be improved – the devices with default password can get hacked faster than you can find how to change the password! →

Great. Now Even Your Headphones Can Spy on You

https://www.wired.com/2016/11/great-now-even-headphones-can-spy/ Very many gadgets have microphone that can be used for spying. And in some cases even headphones that don’t have microphones can be used for recording sounds… →

Antivirus tools are a useless box-ticking exercise says Google security chap • The Register

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/11/17/google_hacker_pleads_try_whitelists_not_just_bunk_antivirus_ids/ →

IoT : Dont be surprised, gadgets do spy on you.

http://electronicsofthings.com/news/iot-dont-be-surprised-gadgets-do-spy-on-you/?utm_source=eotpage&utm_medium=eotpage&utm_campaign=eotpage&utm_content=eotposts You are being spied on by your gadgets. Get used to it. →

Trump’s CIA Director Pick Thinks Using Encryption ‘May Itself Be A Red Flag’ | Motherboard

https://motherboard.vice.com/read/trumps-cia-director-pick-thinks-using-encryption-may-itself-be-a-red-flag?utm_source=mbfb Crypto wars going on strong… First their spying forces services to start to encryption by default. When encryption is almost “new normal”, they start to consider it as “red flag”. →