je.st
news
Tag: researcher
Researcher hijacks insecure embedded devices en masse for Internet census
2013-03-19 20:06:25| InfoWorld: Top News
An anonymous researcher created a massive botnet by hijacking about 420,000 Internet-accessible embedded devices with default or no login passwords and used it to map the entire Internet. The botnet, which was dubbed Carna after the Roman goddess of physical health, ran between March and December 2012, and was used to perform "the largest and most comprehensive IPv4 [Internet Protocol version 4] census ever," the researcher said Sunday on a website dedicated to the project.
Tags: internet
devices
embedded
census
U.S. defense researcher bought pirated software from Russians, Chinese, DOJ says
2013-03-19 12:39:56| InfoWorld: Top News
The former chief scientist at a Kentucky defense contractor has been sentenced to a year in prison for buying pirated software from Russian and Chinese hackers and using it to design components for military helicopters. Wronald Best, 55, of Owensboro, Kentucky, purchased the modeling and design software, with a retail value of more than $2.3 million, for use at his job with MPD, a manufacturer of military and law enforcement equipment, the U.S. Department of Justice said.
Tags: software
says
chinese
bought
Researcher: Hackers can cause traffic jams by manipulating real-time traffic data
2013-03-15 22:33:15| Wireless - Topix.net
Hackers can influence real-time traffic-flow-analysis systems to make people drive into traffic jams or to keep roads clear in areas where a lot of people use Google or Waze navigation systems, a German researcher demonstrated at BlackHat Europe.
Tags: data
traffic
researcher
hackers
3G and 4G USB modems are a security threat, researcher says
2013-03-15 19:03:05| InfoWorld: Top News
The vast majority of 3G and 4G USB modems handed out by mobile operators to their customers are manufactured by a handful of companies and run insecure software, according to two security researchers from Russia. Researchers Nikita Tarakanov and Oleg Kupreev analyzed the security of 3G/4G USB modems obtained from Russian operators for the past several months. Their findings were presented Thursday at the Black Hat Europe 2013 security conference in Amsterdam.
Tags: security
says
usb
threat
Security appliances are riddled with serious vulnerabilities, researcher says
2013-03-15 12:47:10| InfoWorld: Top News
The majority of email and Web gateways, firewalls, remote access servers, UTM (united threat management) systems and other security appliances have serious vulnerabilities, according to a security researcher who analyzed products from multiple vendors.
Tags: security
says
appliances
researcher
Sites : [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30] [31] [32] [33] [34] [35] next »