Day two of annual CanSecWest conference started bright and early, and when I say bright I mean it. In an uncharacteristic weather…
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Alleged Bitcoin Creator Gets a Free Lunch
In a social engineering laden bit of sleuthing, Leah McGrath Goodman, a reporter at Newsweek claims to have uncovered the elusive…
UART, Root Shell On Commercial Devices
Many embedded devices run a stripped down version of Linux and have poorly documented diagnostic interfaces. In order to find potential…
Tesla hires renowned security researcher Kristin Paget
I follow car hacking pretty closely, having had a car PC in my automobile for a number of years and seeing…
Wi-Fi Can Spy? Leaks show CSEC tracked Wi-Fi users at Airports
The CBC published a recently leaked document attributed to the CSEC, Communications Security Establishment Canada, showing that they used the free Wi-Fi networks at…
DissidentX a Steganography Tool From Bittorrent Creator
Bram Cohen, better known for bringing us the BitTorrent protocol, much maligned as public opinion more often than not associates it with piracy,…
Life is a breach, and then you’re pwned
The continuous flow of high-profile data breaches are a problem for anyone wishing to stay secure. Every time I hear about…
Paunch Pinch Confirmed
$2,139,200 US Dollars (70 million Roubles). That’s the amount the Russian Interior Ministry claims the Blackhole exploit kit has been responsible for damage-wise. …
Snoopy LG, smart TV spies on you.
A UK blogger known as DoctorBeet reported his LG smart TV apparently collecting usage information, in effect spying on him, under the guise…
Hacked and Unpacked: The Piratebox
Some time ago I showcased the Wi-Fi pineapple, a small portable Wi-Fi access point modified with a custom firmware to be used as…