Software-defined radio (SDR) technology can be used for many interesting technical experiments. With listening only SDR you can do many interesting things, but having a SDR that can also transmit opens many new doors. Here are some interesting videos related to SDR and cyber security: Universal Radio Hacker – Replay Attack With HackRF Download here: →
This posting is here to collect cyber security news in January 2020. I post links to security vulnerability news to comments of this article. If you are interested in cyber security trends, read my Cyber security trends 2020 posting. You are also free to post related links to comments. →
Nothing is more difficult than making predictions. Instead of trowing out wild ideas what might be coming, will be making educated guesses based on what has happened during the last 12 months and several years before that. The past year has seen a rapid increase in the adoption of up-and-coming technologies. Everyday items are getting →
Now there are two attack vectors to send commands to voice assistant from distance without anyone in the room hearing: ultrasounds and laser. Audio Hotspot Attack Crosses the Ultrasonic Beams to Send Silent Commands to Voice Assistants https://www.hackster.io/news/audio-hotspot-attack-crosses-the-ultrasonic-beams-to-send-silent-commands-to-voice-assistants-6d386644111b Lasers Can Take Over Voice Assistant Systems From Long Distances, Research Finds https://securitytoday.com/articles/2019/11/06/laser-hack-alexa-voice-assistants.aspx?m=1 https://news.umich.edu/a-laser-pointer-could-hack-your-voice-controlled-virtual-assistant/ From a distance →
This is a pretty interesting hardware hacking article: https://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/?p=3554 Some SD cards contain vulnerabilities that allow arbitrary code execution — on the memory card itself. On the dark side, code execution on the memory card enables a class of MITM (man-in-the-middle) attacks, where the card seems to be behaving one way, but in fact it →
The EU’s cyber security agency ENISA has published “ENISA threat landscape for 5G Networks” report that draws an initial threat landscape and presents an overview of the challenges in the security of 5G networks. It presents 5G architecture, the identification of important assets, the assessment of threats affecting 5G, the identification of asset exposure and →
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This posting is here to collect cyber security news in November 2019. I post links to security vulnerability news to comments of this article. If you are interested in cyber security trends, read my Cyber security trends 2019 posting. You are also free to post related links. →
https://www.zdnet.com/article/the-scariest-hacks-and-vulnerabilities-of-2019/ Since 2019 has been a disaster in terms of cyber-security news, this is a very long list of this year’s biggest and scariest security incidents, data breaches, and vulnerabilities. →
For years there has been prediction when cyber incident will kill someone. It seems that it has happened. “Some of the recent cybersecurity incidents involving industrial control systems (ICS) have resulted in injury and even loss of life, according to a survey conducted by Control Systems Cyber Security Association International (CS2AI).” More: https://www.securityweek.com/some-ics-security-incidents-resulted-injury-loss-life-survey →