Mimic implements a devilishly sick idea floated on Twitter by Peter Ritchie: “Replace a semicolon (;) with a Greek question mark (;) in your friend’s C# code and watch them pull their hair out over the syntax error.” There are quite a few characters in the Unicode character set that look, to some extent or Read more about Mimic, the Evil Script That Will Drive Programmers To Insanity[…]

British broadband provider TalkTalk has admitted that all of its 4 million customers’ names, addresses, dates of birth, email addresses, phone numbers and bank details may have stolen by hackers. Source: Huge Hack Hits 4 Million British Broadband Customers

Security researchers at Pen Test Partners have found a security vulnerability in the iKettle Wi-Fi Electric Kettle that allows attackers to crack the password of the WiFi network to which the kettle is connected. Researchers say that using this simple trick and information about iKettles, they drove around London, cracked home WiFi networks, and created Read more about Tattling Kettles Help Researchers Crack WiFi Networks In London[…]

This rig is able to send radio waves at an iPhone or Android with its headphones still plugged in, using the headphone cable as a receiver that picks up the radio signals and relays them to the operating system’s voice recognition software. Source: Hackers Can Use Radio Waves to Hijack Androids and iPhones via Siri Read more about Hackers Can Use Radio Waves to Hijack Androids and iPhones via Siri and Google Now[…]

Flat, firewall-free network was a walk in the park, boffins say.[…]They say the casino lacked even basic firewalls around its payment platforms and did not have logging. “It was a very flat network, single domain, with very limited access controls for access to payment systems,” Emmanuel Jean-Georges told the Cyber Defence Summit (formerly Mircon) in Read more about Jackpot: New hacking group steals 150,000 credit cards from casino[…]

“It appears that the focus was to obtain contact information such as names, addresses, email addresses and phone numbers of current and former subscribers in order to send fraudulent solicitations.”[…]“As part of the investigation to date, we also determined that payment card and contact information for fewer than 3,500 individuals could have been accessed, although Read more about Dow Jones hacked for 3 years, 3500 of 1%ers data taken[…]

Dridex, which seeks to harvest users’ banking credentials, apparently originates with what the NCA’s release describes as ‘technically skilled cyber criminals in Eastern Europe’, and is said to target both individuals and consumers alike. Losses in the UK to the attacks are currently estimated at £20mn. Source: FBI and NCA join forces against Dridex banking Read more about Dridex banking malware steals GBP 20m +[…]

Depressingly familiar and stupid mistakes in EEG kit, health org’s storage of recorded brains Source: Hackers can steal your BRAIN WAVES EEG results are basically not encrypted or stored or transmitted any way securely, allowing them to be stolen, replayed and altered in transit. It’s not too much of a problem to fix, but it Read more about Hackers can steal your BRAIN WAVES[…]