(credit: Sean Gallagher) This week, two separate security alerts have revealed major holes in devices from Moxa, an industrial automation networking company. In one case, attackers could potentially send commands to a device’s operating system by using them as a username in a login attempt. In another, the private key for a Web server used […]
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Pacemakers, defibrillators are potentially hackable
The increasing popularity of devices using software and wireless communications has created a rising risk that hackers might reprogram devices to make them work improperly, cardiologists say.
Security News This Week: Germany’s Election Software Is Dangerously Hackable
Plus researchers revealed a technique called “DolphinAttack” that could allow hackers to silently “speak” to nearby voice assistants. https://media.wired.com/photos/59b30cd893eb11699ecd67a5/master/pass/GermanFlag-HP-843187700.jpg Feed: All Latest
Parents warned to destroy ‘hackable’ talking dolls over child safety fears
Germany’s Federal Network Agency has issued a warning to parents to destroy a talking doll because hackers can use an embedded bluetooth device to talk to and listen to children. The talking doll named ‘Cayla’, contains a microphone, speaker and connects to the internet to answer toddlers questions. But the doll has a sinister side, […]