The woes of IOT and the very basic security features supported keeps on giving gifts to hackers. An article on help net security reports on MWR InfoSecurity research showing that an Amazon Echo can be HW hacked to have microphones “always on”. Only for 2015 and 2016 editions, only with physical access. Never the less, the first stumbling steps in attacking our connected homes.
Tag: Security
Bitcoin ICO’s to be considered as securities
An interesting article on Business Insider quotes the American Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC for short) on Tuesday : “ICOs” (Initial Coin Offerings) can sometimes be considered securities – and as such are subject to strict laws and regulations”.
Are the hay days of digital currencies over and will the world follow the Chinese approach of semi-regulating?
How the Citadel Banking Trojan Authors really got caught
Brian Krebs has posted an interesting and moderately detailed rundown on how the FBI managed to track and capture the creators of the Citadel Trojans. The fact that the authors decided to crowd source the support of the Trojans to it’s customers and the subsequent fallout speaks volumes about the issues related with the commercial distribution and support of Dark Net services.