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Hacking Door Locks and Car Locks (Or Anything Wireless)

August 2, 2017 By Teri Radichel

When a wireless device of any kind sends data from one location to another, the device needs to protect the data just as if it was traveling over a wired network. Unfortunately, that is often not the case as several security researchers proved at Black Hat and Def Con. Tools exist that allowed the researchers to capture data traveling over different types of wireless protocols … [Read more...]

Cyber Blackout – Daily Security Byte EP. 195

January 4, 2016 By Corey Nachreiner

Security researchers and Hollywood have long predicted network hacks that could take out the power grid. Well, we may finally have a confirmed example of a blackout caused by a cyber attack in the Ukraine. Watch today's video to learn about this new news and how you might avoid a common trend in advanced attacks. (Episode Runtime: 3:25) Direct YouTube … [Read more...]

Hacking Nation States & Crashing iPhones – WSWiR Episode 154

June 1, 2015 By Corey Nachreiner

Unfortunately, lots of security news suggests lots of cyber crime. If you want to stay protected, you need to keep up to date; but who has time? Hopefully our weekly InfoSec video can help. Last Friday's episode covered an IRS data leak, a mysterious text message that crashed iPhones, some scary new crowd-sourced ransomware, and more. Watch the YouTube video below for all the … [Read more...]

North Korean Cyber Killers? – Daily Security Byte EP.91

May 29, 2015 By Corey Nachreiner

Today, a North Korean (NK) defector and university professor claimed the NK's Bureau 121 cyber attack group includes 6000 cyber warrior who could destroy cities and cause human casualties. Meanwhile, we also learned that the US government allegedly launched a failed, Stuxnet-like attack against NK back in 2010. How much of this is true, and what do two nations states battling … [Read more...]

Blackhat 2013 – WSWiR Episode 72

August 2, 2013 By Corey Nachreiner

Details on Femtocell hacking, Mactans, and SCADA Honeypots This is the week of the Blackhat and Defcon security conferences; two of the biggest security research conferences of the year. So rather than quickly summarize InfoSec news—like I do most weeks—I'll share details about three of my favorite talks from this year's Blackhat show (Defcon is going on now). Two of my … [Read more...]

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