Security News

Parrot drones easily taken down or hijacked, researchers demonstrate (ArsTechnica)
2015-08-15 20:23

Facebook Rewards Researchers for Bad Casting Flaw Detection Technique (SecurityWeek)
2015-08-14 18:23

Researcher hacks house arrest tracking system (Help Net Security)
2015-08-14 11:49

Tracking ankle bracelets that some criminals are forced to wear after being senteced to home detention can be hacked, allowing them to exit the house and go wherever they want without the police being...

Android security on the ropes with one-two punch from researchers (ArsTechnica)
2015-08-13 22:23

Researchers Find 1PB of Data Exposed by Misconfigured Databases (SecurityWeek)
2015-08-13 17:23

Researchers get $100k for detecting emerging class of C++ bugs (Help Net Security)
2015-08-13 10:39

Facebook has awarded $100,000 to a team of researchers from Georgia Tech University for their discovery of a new method for identifying "bad-casting" vulnerabilities that affect programs written in C+...

quot;Creating malicious software that can attack Apple Mac computers is 'trivial', a leading security researcher has claimedquot; (Reddit)
2015-08-12 21:23

Researchers Hack Car via Insurance Dongle (SecurityWeek)
2015-08-12 19:23

Researchers reveal electronic car lock hack after 2-year injunction by Volkswagen (ArsTechnica)
2015-08-12 16:23

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...