A step toward practical quantum encryption over free-space networks
Researchers have sent a quantum-secured message containing more than one bit of information per photon through the air above a city. The demonstration showed that it could one …
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Researchers devise app to protect PINs and passwords
Every ATM or smartphone user can attest to the discomfort of having a stranger standing close enough to observe a financial transaction — and potentially note a PIN or account …
Hacked robots can be a deadly insider threat
IOActive researchers have probed the security of a number of humanoid home and business robots as well industrial collaborative robots, and have found it seriously wanting. A …
Researchers pull off DNA-based malicious code injection attack
Researchers have demonstrated that it’s possible to create synthetic DNA strands containing malicious computer code that, if sequenced and analyzed, could compromise a …
US senators introduce bill to improve IoT security, protect researchers probing it
US Senators Mark Warner (D-VA), Cory Gardner (R-CO), Ron Wyden (D-WA) and Steve Daines (R-MT) introduced bipartisan legislation to improve the cybersecurity of …
Weaponizing machine learning to improve cyber defenses
As defensive technologies based on machine learning become increasingly numerous, so will offensive ones – whether wielded by attackers or pentesters. The idea is the …
Hackers can turn Amazon Echo into a covert listening device
New research released by MWR InfoSecurity reveals how attackers can compromise the Amazon Echo and turn it into a covert listening device, without affecting its overall …
Researchers remotely hack Tesla Model X
Security researchers from Tencent’s Keen Security Lab have done it again: they’ve found vulnerabilities in one of Tesla’s cars and demonstrated that they can …
Phishers’ techniques and behaviours, and what to do if you’ve been phished
Once a user has been phished, how long does it takes for the phishers to misuse the stolen credentials? To discover the answer to that question and many others, Imperva …
Security vulnerabilities in radiation monitoring devices
IOActive researcher Ruben Santamarta has uncovered a number of cybersecurity vulnerabilities in widely deployed Radiation Monitoring Devices (RDMs), and has presented his …
Critical security vulnerabilities enable full control of the Segway miniPRO electric scooter
New IOActive research exposes critical security vulnerabilities found in the Segway miniPRO electric scooter. If exploited, an attacker could bypass safety systems and …
EFF offers legal advice to researchers at Black Hat, B-Sides and DEF CON
Not all security researchers have someone to talk to and ask specific advice about the legal challenges that they could be faced while doing their work. If you are one of …