Security News

Secret code in color printers enables government tracking (Help Net Security)
2015-10-19 12:39

A research team led by the EFF recently broke the code behind tiny tracking dots that some color laser printers secretly hide in every document. The U.S. Secret Service admitted that the tracking i...

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...

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...