Security News

Bluetooth Hack Leaves Many Smart Locks, IoT Devices Vulnerable (Threatpost)
2016-08-11 15:27

Researchers are sounding an alarm over the growing number of Bluetooth devices used for keyless entry and mobile point-of-sales systems that are vulnerable to man-in-the-middle attacks.

Gunter Ollmann on the Future of Ransomware, Exploit Kits, and IoT (Threatpost)
2016-08-05 16:00

Gunter Ollmann, CSO at Vectra networks, talks to Mike Mimoso about ransomware as a prototype for malware going forward, as well as the long-term future of exploit kits and whether IoT is something...

IoT: A hacker’s dream come true? (Help Net Security)
2016-07-29 13:30

There’s a lot more to the web than the cat-video-laden sites we normally see. In fact, according to most sources, the web that we can typically get to via our browser of choice represents only a...

Pwnie Express open sources IoT and Bluetooth security tools (Help Net Security)
2016-07-29 12:45

Pwnie Express announced the availability of open sourced versions of its Blue Hydra and Android build system software. The release of these tools enable comprehensive Bluetooth detection and...