Security News

Researchers hack Corvette via SMS to plugged-in tracking dongle (Help Net Security)
2015-08-12 14:00

A team of researchers from the University of California, San Diego, have managed to hack a Corvette via specially crafted SMS messages sent to a tracking dongle (i.e. a telematic control unit) plugged...

Hack-Fueled ‘Unprecedented’ Insider Trading Ring Nets $100M (Threatpost)
2015-08-11 18:52

Hackers based in Ukraine and Russia allegedly broke into servers belonging to several newswires and passed sensitive information onto an underground trading ring as part of what’s being referred...

Researchers Unveil Square Reader Mobile POS Hacks (Threatpost)
2015-08-10 17:19

At Black Hat, two recent Boston University computer engineering graduates revealed software and hardware hacks against the latest versions of the popular Square Reader.