“Oops”: Fired Facebook Employees Took Bribes To Hijack User Accounts
By Tyler Durden Facebook parent Meta has fired or disciplined over two dozen employees and contractors over the last year who have been accused of…
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Lasers Can “Hack” Self-Driving LiDAR Sensors, Creating False “Blind Spots”, New Study Reveals
By Tyler Durden In what is likely going to be another thorn in the side of Elon Musk, Tesla and Autopilot, it was revealed in…
World’s Most Popular Password Manager, With More Than 33 Million Users, Discloses “Security Incident”
By Tyler Durden LastPass, one of the world’s most popular password managers, has confirmed it has been hacked…err, has had a “security incident”. Last week…
Electric Vehicle Charging Networks Are Vulnerable to Hackers “not dissimilar from many modern IoT devices”
By B.N. Frank Experts have been warning about vulnerabilities associated with Internet of Things (IoT) technology for years (see 1, 2, 3, 4). Now experts…
Bluetooth Signals Have Unique “Fingerprints” Hackers can Track for Less Than $200
By Chris Melore Bluetooth may make digital devices easier to use, but a new study has discovered that these signals carry unique “fingerprints” that cyber…
New Tesla Hack: Car Will “accept entirely new keys—with no authentication required and zero indication given by the in-car display” (Video)
By B.N. Frank Tesla vehicles continue to be associated with all kinds of undesirable safety (see 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,…
Visualizing The World’s 50 Biggest Data Breaches From 2004–2021
By Tyler Durden As our world has become increasingly reliant on technology and data stored online, data breaches have become an omnipresent threat to users,…
Countless “Secure” Devices and Tesla Vehicles Vulnerable to New Bluetooth Hack
By B.N. Frank Bluetooth and other wireless devices emit biologically harmful radiation. If that’s not enough of a deterrent to use them, there have been…
US Fed Warns Hackers Have Developed Tool Targeting Industrial Control Systems
By Dashveenjit Kaur A warning was issued on the grounds that certain advanced persistent threat actors have developed custom-made tools to gain full system access…
Amazon Echos Can Be Hacked to Control “Smart” Appliances as well as “unlock doors, make phone calls and unauthorized purchases”
By B.N. Frank Research has determined that there are significant health risks associated with exposure to Bluetooth and wireless “Wi-Fi” radiation from common sources including…
Critical Infrastructure Alert: FBI Says Ransomware Attackers Are Now Directing Efforts toward Mid-Sized Victims
By B.N. Frank Ransomware attacks are not going away. Hospitals, municipal governments, schools, and utility companies are frequently targeted. According to the FBI, attackers have…
Confidential Report Alleges Hackers Could Take Control of Voting System and Change Votes; Poses Risk for Elections in 12 States
By B.N. Frank If you weren’t concerned about election security before, a new report might change your mind. From Gov Tech: Report: Hackers Can Flip…
FBI Issues Warning on Malicious QR Codes and Tips on How to Avoid Them
By B.N. Frank If you have a smartphone, you may be tempted on a regular basis to use it to access QR codes. The FBI…
Apple Alerts Biden Admin Officials Their Phones Hacked By Israeli Spyware
By Tyler Durden There’s been a huge revelation in the ongoing saga of the Israel-based NSO Group Pegasus spyware scandal. To recap, NSO Group was recently…