Using sonic and ultrasonic soundwaves as a weapon, researchers can disrupt the read, write and storage functions of a hard disk drive (HDD). The method can also be used to crash the host operating system, and in some cases damage targeted drives. Researchers said the attack can be performed by “nearby emitters” that target a […]
Google has fixed a bypass for its reCAPTCHA authentication mechanism – the Turing test-based methodology for proving that website users aren’t robots, commonly spotted on log-in pages online. The news comes as Google releases a new version of reCAPTCHA in beta. Google has been working on refining and strengthening reCAPTCHA for years, and last year […]
Southeast Asian telcom giant Singapore Telecommunications Limited left approximately 1,000 customer routers wide open to a potential attack via an unprotected port. The flub occurred after the region’s largest ISP conducted remote maintenance on affected routers and failed to secure equipment when the work was complete, according to NewSky Security. “The root cause was that […]
Evidence has surfaced that the Cobalt Group – the threat actors behind widespread attacks on banks and ATM jackpotting campaigns across Europe – is continuing to operate, despite the arrest of its accused ringleader in March. The Cobalt Group, first burst on the scene in 2016: in a single night, the group stole the equivalent of […]
