The security/cryptography industry has recently taken a battering. Hot on the heels of the KRACK WiFi network vulnerability comes an even bigger, more calamitous and more widespread hazard - the ROCA hack has exposed millions of smartcards, laptops, devices and secure systems to potential criminal activity. Infineon Technologies AG is a multi-billion dollar, 18-year old … Read More.

They have called it KRACK — Key Reinstallation Attack - and it uncovers a vulnerability in practically every modern WiFi network in the world. The flaw lies at the heart of the WPA2 security protocol that controls access and encrypts traffic. It can be leveraged to snoop on confidential information such as emails, credit card … Read More.

A wave of financially-motivated cybercrime has hit European and former Soviet banks to reveal profound security weaknesses in the technology infrastructure that handles transactions and funds worth billions of dollars. But how do we stop the next generation of tech-savvy criminals? What security measures must institutions enact to prevent further hemorrhaging of funds in the … Read More.

On June 27, 2017 , opportunistic cybercriminals took advantage of exploits leaked by Shadow Brokers, a group that had previously released cyberweapons used by the National Security Agency. The latest exploit was a variant of Ransom: Win32/Petya that was initially seeded through the update mechanism of an accounting software program used in Ukraine. Since then, … Read More.

The pacemaker itself is not a new piece of technology. Interfacing it with a network – including the publicly accessible Internet – is a relatively new concept and opens the door to potentially life-threatening security vulnerabilities. Recently, the newly developed Pacemaker Ecosystem, the technology framework for connecting next-gen Pacemakers to the Internet of Things (IoT) … Read More.

United Airlines seems to be lurching from one bad PR story to the another. This time, a United Airlines flight attendant accidentally posted the keypad access codes for airplane cockpit doors on a public website. The Wall Street Journal revealed the story, but did not identify the website or online forum where the codes were … Read More.