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Radio Attack Lets Hackers Drive Away Your Car
When it was revealed I couldn’t believe my eyes. Someone walks up to a car and its locked, someone else walks up and can instantly get in and at the press of a button start the engine, no key required. Wireless key technology is now employed in cars all over…
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Researcher Finds New Way to Hijack Drones Mid-Flight
It is often easy to forget that while the majority of drones making the news are operated by hobbyists and amateurs, the US government is rolling out a number of more expensive UAVs for use by first responders and the police. Now, security researcher at IBM, Nils Rodday has potentially thrown…
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DDoS Attacks Increase by 148.85 Percent
DDoS attacks are becoming more prevalent each year, and a real nuisance for service providers trying to effectively run a network. The idea behind these attacks is to overwhelm a website or network service with traffic to cause temporary disruption. It’s unclear why people engage in these measures, but perhaps…
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Hackers Reportedly Responsible for Ukraine Power Cuts
Back in December 2015, 225 thousand people in Ukraine were without power, which a US report has now blamed on hackers. This would make it the first known successful hack against utilities. The report was created by the US Department of Homeland Security, based on a number of interviews with…
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CryptoWall 4 Is Being Distributed Via a New Campaign
There has been a huge explosion of online ransomware within the last year or two which has seen a huge number of consumer’s, unfortunately, falling victim to this ever present and growing technique. Now, there is a new technique which is being served to consumers via the PopAds network and…
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Cougar Attack X3 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard Review
Introduction The mechanical gaming keyboard is quite busy these days, but we’ve seen quite a few fantastic keyboards from Cougar recently and I’m eager to see what their latest has to offer. The Attack X3 features a fully mechanical design, with a choice of four Cherry MX switches, red, brown,…
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New Regulations Pave the Way for Self Driving Cars on the Road
The development of self-driving cars promises to offer consumers an exciting future, now, regulators in the sprawling metropolis known as California have published draft proposals aimed at paving the way for consumers to legally use self-driving cars on the road. Included within the recommendations from the Department of Motor Vehicles is…
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Hacking Group Threatens to Attack Gaming Networks During Christmas
The hacking group, Lizard Squad targeted the poor security on Xbox Live and PlayStation Network last year and caused major disruption during the holiday period. This meant many new console owners couldn’t play games online with their friends and spoilt the festive cheer for three long days. In the past…
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Twitter Users Hit by State-Sponsored Attackers
On Friday, a number of Twitter users received a notification from the social networking platform, explaining that their accounts had been the target of state-sponsored actors. Unsurprisingly, the supposed targets of these attacks were mass surveillance researchers and security professionals. The incident was surprising for users of Twitter, as until…
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Large Scale DDoS Attempted Take Down of DNS Root Servers
Someone actually tried the impossible on two separate occasions, to take down the internet’s backbone. They did ultimately fail for multiple reasons, but at the same time, they actually got a surprisingly good result out of their attack. Early last week the Internet’s DNS Root Servers, that are the authoritative reference…
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The National Crime Agency’s Anti-Cyber Crime Campaign is Embarrassing and Ignorant
The National Crime Agency embarked on an appalling advertising campaign yesterday “aimed at educating the parents of 12-15 year old boys” who might be proponents of cyber-crime. Already we can see the ignorance flowing here, as focusing on the male gender is incorrect, and targeting such a narrow age range seems…
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Anonymous Claims CloudFlare Protects Pro-ISIS Sites
Anonymous started a new offensive against ISIS following the terrible attacks on Paris and while we all like that part, it’s hard for me to take them serious in any way. They surely have a few talented people with skills and connections in their group, but for the most part, their…
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Data on Thousands of Children Exposed in VTech Hack
It has come to light that earlier this month, popular children’s computer company VTech were the victims of an attack by an unnamed hacker. The hacker was able to gain access to around 5 million user’s credentials, including the 200,000 children whose data was stored by VTech’s Learning Lodge online service.…
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Paris Attackers Allegedly Used PS4s and PSN to Communicate
In a development that is likely to place more pressure on the technology sector, reports are coming out that the perpetrators of the recent Paris attacks used Sony PS4s to communicate and coordinate their attack. This comes after authorities have taken away the PS4s from the attackers homes and Belgian home…
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TalkTalk Boss Argues ‘Customers Think We’re Doing Right Thing After Attack’
The TalkTalk cyberattack raised serious security questions about the company’s ability to properly encrypt sensitive customer information. Despite the negative publicity and widespread outrage, TalkTalk chief executive Dido Harding claims the: “majority of customers support our approach”. She also eluded that: “Very early indications that customers think that we’re doing…
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