Scammer Successfully Deepfaked CEO’s Voice To Fool Underling Into Transferring $243,000 September 4, 2019 | sento | Leave a comment The CEO of an energy firm based in the UK thought he was following his boss’s urgent orders in March when he transferred funds to a third-party. But the request actually came from the AI-assisted voice of a fraudster. The Wall Street Journal reports that the mark believed he was speaking to the CEO of… Read More
Dept. of Homeland Security Forced to Release List of Keywords Used to Monitor Social Networking Sites September 4, 2019 | sento | Leave a comment If you are thinking about tweeting about clouds, pork, exercise or even Mexico, think again. Doing so may result in a closer look by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The list was posted by the Electronic Privacy Information Center who filed a request under the Freedom of Information Act, before suing to obtain the… Read More
Interview with CEO of Israeli spyware-maker NSO August 18, 2019 | sento | Leave a comment An Israeli company licenses software around the world that can crack just about any smartphone, but is its use always on the side of good? CEO of Israeli spyware-maker NSO on fighting terror, Khashoggi murder, and Saudi Arabia An Israeli company licenses software around the world that can crack just about any smartphone, but is… Read More
How Gmail’s AI used to deactivate any Gmail account August 18, 2019 | sento | Leave a comment Tulsi Gabbard’s email account went down right after the Democratic Debate and I believe I can provide assistance on where to focus your discovery efforts because I saw how other accounts, such as Jordan B. Peterson, was taken down. I’m going to recount how this happened to him so as to assist you in your… Read More
Hackers Can Turn Everyday Speakers Into Acoustic Cyberweapons August 17, 2019 | sento | Leave a comment Speakers are everywhere, whether it’s expensive, standalone sound systems, laptops, smart home devices, or cheap portables. And while you rely on them for music or conversation, researchers have long known that commercial speakers are also physically able to emit frequencies outside of audible range for humans. At the Defcon security conference in Las Vegas on… Read More
Canon DSLR Cameras Can Be Hacked With Ransomware Remotely August 17, 2019 | sento | Leave a comment The threat of ransomware is becoming more prevalent and severe as attackers’ focus has now moved beyond computers to smartphones and other Internet-connected smart devices. In its latest research, security researchers at cybersecurity firm CheckPoint demonstrated how easy it is for hackers to remotely infect a digital DSLR camera with ransomware and hold private photos… Read More
High-security locks for government and banks hacked by researcher August 17, 2019 | sento | Leave a comment Hackers could crack open high-security electronic locks by monitoring their power, allowing thieves to steal cash in automated teller machines, narcotics in pharmacies and government secrets, according to research to be presented Friday at the annual Def Con hacking conference in Las Vegas. Mike Davis, a researcher with security firm IOActive, discovered the vulnerability last… Read More
Zoncolan: How Facebook uses static analysis to detect and prevent security issues August 17, 2019 | sento | Leave a comment Zoncolan helps security engineers scale their work by using static analysis to examine code and detect security or privacy issues. Facebook’s web codebase currently contains more than 100 million lines of Hack code, and changes thousands of times per day. To handle the sheer volume of code, we build sophisticated systems that help our security… Read More
Huawei Firmware Analysis Reveals Security Problems August 17, 2019 | sento | Leave a comment Finite State located significant security issues in Huawei firmware images, including memory corruption, hardcoded encryption keys, and unsafe functions used in place of the secure alternatives. Source: infoq… Read More
These Legit-Looking iPhone Lightning Cables Will Hijack Your Computer August 11, 2019 | sento | Leave a comment It looks like an Apple lightning cable. It works like an Apple lightning cable. But it will give an attacker a way to remotely tap into your computer. I plugged the Apple lightning cable into my iPod and connected it to my Mac, just as I normally would. My iPod started charging, iTunes detected the… Read More