Our ‘computers on wheels’ are more connected than ever, but the features that enhance our convenience often come with privacy risks in tow. A presentation that includes in its title “Compromise of Modern Vehicles” may set the expectation that you are about to see a dramatic demonstration of a hacked car suddenly stopping or swerving … More Hacking a car – or rather, its infotainment system
The digital skills gap, especially in cybersecurity, is not a new phenomenon. This problematic is now exacerbate by the prevalence of burnout, which was presented at Black Hat USA 2022. Discussion of the resourcing issues within the cybersecurity sector is not a new phenomenon; according to Cybersecurity Ventures, the number of unfilled cybersecurity positions worldwide grew … More Black Hat USA 2022: Burnout, a significant issue
Windows used to be the big talking point when it came to exploits resulting in mass casualties. Nowadays, talks turned to other massive attack platforms like #cloud and cars. In years past, a massive Windows exploit netted mass casualties, but here at Black Hat, talks turned toward other massive attack platforms like clouds and cars. … More Black Hat – Windows isn’t the only mass casualty platform anymore
The cyber incident has taken most of Newcastle University’s systems offline and officials estimates it will take weeks to recover. While students are slowly preparing to return to their universities and colleges after a prolonged absence due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Newcastle University in England has been left reeling from a cybersecurity incident that has affected almost all its systems. The university first became … More UK University suffers cyberattack, ransomware gang claims responsibility
In our final report from CES we take a look at smart city initiatives. This year at CES there was an entire section devoted to smart city initiatives municipalities are rolling out in many cities around the world, or planning to. As we noted in our look at automotive security and IoT securitypreviously, the technologies surrounding transportation are converging; … More Smart cities and the challenge of securing the neighborhood
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