Security News

Chris Valasek on Car Hacking (Threatpost)
2015-07-23 17:05

Dennis Fisher talks with Chris Valasek of IOActive about the new research he did with Charlie Miller on remotely hacking a Jeep, how the disclosure process worked, what auto makers can do to...

EFF Hopeful Car Hacking Demo Could Help Yield DMCA Exemption (Threatpost)
2015-07-22 18:03

The latest car hacking research from Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek has elicited a broad spectrum of reactions: admiration for the skill; outrage at the danger the demo may have put drivers; and...

Hacking Team Claims It Always Sold ‘Strictly Within the Law’ (Threatpost)
2015-07-22 14:39

Hacking Team officials are disputing reports that the company sold its surveillance and intrusion software to oppressive regimes in countries that were under sanction. The company said it sold its...

Hacking Team's RCS Android: The most sophisticated Android malware ever exposed (Help Net Security)
2015-07-22 13:05

As each day passes and researchers find more and more source code in the huge Hacking Team data dump, it becomes more clear what the company's customers could do with the spyware, and what capabilitie...