• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Oct-25-2016
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on US transport agency guidance on vehicle cybersecurity irks lawmakers

Guidance from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration for improving motor vehicle cybersecurity has attracted criticism from lawmakers who said that mandatory security standards were required.
“This new cybersecurity guidance from the Department of Transportation is like giving a take-home exam […]

• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Oct-25-2016
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Lyft customers face potential hack from recycled phone numbers

Giving up an old cell phone number for a new one may seem harmless. But for Lyft customers, it can potentially expose their accounts to complete strangers.That’s what happened to Lara Miller, a media relations specialist living in California. Earlier […]

• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Oct-25-2016
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Lyft customers face potential hack from recycled phone numbers

Giving up an old cell phone number for a new one may seem harmless. But for Lyft customers, it can potentially expose their accounts to complete strangers.That’s what happened to Lara Miller, a media relations specialist living in California. Earlier […]

• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Oct-24-2016
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Physical RAM attack can root Android and possibly other devices

Researchers have devised a new way to compromise Android devices without exploiting any software vulnerabilities and instead of taking advantage of a physical design weakness in RAM chips. The attack technique could also affect other ARM and x86-based devices and computers.The […]