Security News

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...

Researchers use text to hack Corvette (SC Magazine)
2015-08-11 22:23

Researcher generates thousands of phone numbers, match them to Facebook accounts (SC Magazine)
2015-08-10 22:23

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.

Default WSUS Configuration Puts Organizations at Risk: Researchers (SecurityWeek)
2015-08-10 13:18

Black Hat 2015: Justice Dept. not gunning for security researchers (SC Magazine)
2015-08-06 21:18