Security News

Delicate Hardware Hacks Could Unlock Shooter’s iPhone (Threatpost)
2016-02-22 20:41

IOActive researcher Andrew Zonenberg said he has carried out previous hardware-based hacks against silicon chips that he believes could by used by the FBI to unlock the San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone 5c.

Linux Mint hack: Backdoored ISOs, stolen forums database (Help Net Security)
2016-02-22 16:49

The web properties of the project developing Linux Mint have been compromised, and the attacker managed to put up a backdoored version of the distro for download for a little while. The breach was...

Hack Disarms SimpliSafe’s Home Wireless Security Systems (Threatpost)
2016-02-18 21:54

IOActive report claims popular SimpliSafe’s wireless home security system is vulnerable to hackers who can record and reuse PIN entries to disarm alarm.