Trend Micro has put up an report on the latest techniques used to hack ATM’s with a focus on the recent emergence of purpose written malware and their impacts. A good read!
Day: October 16, 2017
Sports Hacking
This is (I suppose) an logical evolution of technology and its use: The Boston Redsox have been caught using Apple Watches to steal New York Yankees pitching calls. For those that don’t follow baseball, the pitcher and the catcher will through hand signals agree on the required pitch. The Red Sox relayed this info to the batting coach, and the batter was informed the most likely pitch to come.
An informed write-up can be found on NY Times.
More Bluetooth Issues in the Wild
Bluetooth seems to be the flavour of the month lately in hacking, and a number of issues have been highlighted lately. The “best” on so far is the blueborne – an airborne hack through Bluetooth with great potential for harm. An analysis from Armis shows how it works.
When should you stop trusting you vendors?
There has always been an uncomfortable relationship between a customer and their security vendors, in particular with the relationship between the vendor and state agencies. Normally a concern with US vendors, bur lately Kapersky has been accused of providing Russian Agencies access to their customers. It should be pointed out that the proof provided is not good, but enough for actors like the US Government banning the use of all Kapersky products. An breakdown of the allegation can be found in this analysis from ArsTechnica, summing up the info from primarily sources behind pay-walls.