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Medical Device Security Fiasco?

October 1, 2018 By Emil Hozan

You would think that medical devices, which aid in sustaining health and wellness on many levels, would be focused on security to some extent, right? Well thinking it and it being a reality apparently are not two peas in the same pod. Despite numerous outcries and public demonstrations from cyber security specialists and researchers to medical equipment vendors, and even to the … [Read more...]

Vtech Update Proves SQLi – Daily Security Byte EP. 184

December 3, 2015 By Corey Nachreiner

  On Monday, I highlighted the Vtech breach. A hacker was able to steal millions of records from an online kid's toy manufacturer, which including information about children. Over the past day, we've learned two new updates about this story. One increases the scope of the breach, and the other explains how it happened (Spoiler: my hunch was correct). Watch today's for … [Read more...]

Vtech Leaks Kids Data – Daily Security Byte EP. 182

December 1, 2015 By Corey Nachreiner

What's worse than the average data breach? A breach that involves our childrens' private information! In Monday's episode, I talk about how a "greyhat" hacker stole over 190GBs of data from a company that makes an Internet-connected kid's toy. Luckily, he doesn't seem to plan on using the data with malicious intent. Nonetheless, it's still an eye-opening hack. Watch the vlog … [Read more...]

TalkTalk Hacked by Teenager? – Daily Security Byte EP. 166

October 26, 2015 By Corey Nachreiner

Last week, TalkTalk's suffered a data breach for the third time this year. It took awhile for the details to surface, but it looks like the attackers exploited a SQL injection flaw in TalkTalk's website to steal 4M customers' personally identifying information. Watch today's information to learn the latest news about this breach, and what you should do if you're a … [Read more...]

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