Cybersecurity

Of Course Everyone’s Already Using the Leaked NSA Exploits | WIRED

https://www.wired.com/2016/08/course-people-immediately-started-exploiting-leaked-nsa-vulnerabilities/ →

These Are All The Weirdly Specific Things Facebook Knows About You | IFLScience

http://www.iflscience.com/technology/these-are-all-the-weirdly-specific-things-facebook-knows-about-you/all/ Facebook propably knows more about you that you might think… →

Verifone payment terminal

I saw this normal screen gas station this morning whan trying to get gas. I put in my credit card, but nothing works. I took the card out. New attempt to put in the credit card made something strange to happened: The card terminal rebooted. I got several screens with all kinds of system information →

You’re Being Tracked (and Tracked and Tracked) on the Web – IEEE Spectrum

http://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/telecom/internet/youre-being-tracked-and-tracked-and-tracked?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+IeeeSpectrum+%28IEEE+Spectrum%29&utm_content=FaceBook Web user tracking has increased and consolidated over last several years. →

The ‘Shadow Brokers’ NSA theft puts the Snowden leaks to shame | ExtremeTech

http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/234031-your-guide-to-the-shadow-brokers-nsa-theft-which-puts-the-snowden-leaks-to-shame?utm_content=buffer43ccb&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer Article on NSA cyber weapons revealing hack and it’s significance to cyber security. For more details check also my earlier posting on NSA hack. →

How I Hacked an Android App to Get Free Beer

https://breakdev.org/how-i-hacked-an-android-app-to-get-free-beer/ This is an interesting story on hacking a system that uses beacons and mobile app. HTTPS traffic was intercepted in this hack. →

Islamists Target Kali Linux: An Operating System Designed to Thwart Attacks

http://m.sputniknews.com/world/20160821/1044487409/kali-linux-daesh-hackers.html Kali Linux has free tools to test cyber security of networked systems. When you have used tests to find vulnerabilities, it will be much harder for hackers and terrorists to attack our critical infrastructure. →