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When we speak about the Internet-of-Things, it is usually in terms of common appliances or maybe a smartwatch. This story, coming from WIRED and written by Lily Hay Newman, communicates a particularly scary case of abusing a devices internet functionality. Snoo, an electronic baby rocker for the mega-wealthy, rings in at around $1,300. The deviceContinue reading “Rock-a-Bye WiFi”

One of the best kept secrets in any government is incompetency. What I mean by this, is that despite your feelings on current political affairs, there will always be some sort of hole in a government’s defenses or general strategy but they will never let the world at large know, because by default that meansContinue reading “Astro-Jacked”

Zero-Day exploits are becoming a household name, at least for people who are “into” technology. Gone are the days where Zero-Day felt like a top secret term that you shouldn’t even know existed. Now, in 2020, these types of exploits are more prevalent than ever, and security firm FireEye tasked themselves with seeing how widespreadContinue reading “Counting the (Zero) Days”

Jim Salter, writing for Ars Technica, details how MonogDB has adopted a burgeoning new encryption method for its popular service. The implications of the new method mean that the data is not only more secure, but that services such as cloud databases could potentially open to new markets with very restrictive confidentiality clauses. While MonogDBContinue reading “MonogDB and the Advancement of Database Encryption”

It is widely known that the world of Android apps is quite tenacious. Due to the open nature of Android devices, users and programmers have immense control over the devices ecosystem. With this, of course comes that trade that hackers have a swath of tools and channels at their disposal as well. Fortunately, it seemsContinue reading “IAM, So You Should Be Too!”

I can’t think of a more out-of-left-field story to cover than that of hackers using stolen credentials to buy fancy cheese, yet here we are. In an article for Quartz, written in 2018 by John Detrixhe, we learn what affects the world of database breaches has had. This article specifically covers the e-commerce end ofContinue reading “Hacking is Cheesy”

We face an unprecedented circumstance for all means of social communication this year. With COVID-19 literally plaguing the nation and world over, the economic and educational systems had to quickly adapt. The choice they almost unanimously made, to jump to online methods of lecture/management through Zoom, feels innocuous. Unfortunately it has been known that theContinue reading “Late for Class”

Brian Barrett, writing for Wired.com, detailed how Mircosoft finally put an end to the infamous botnet Necurs. The way that Microsoft did it, feels like it was ripped from a cop movie. The slow build to finally reaching a conclusion and ultimately cutting off the botnet is an informative story. The article goes into notContinue reading “The Car Chase of a Runaway Botnet”

In his piece for Arstechnica, Dan Goodin details the findings of a study looking to find what web browser cares most about a user’s privacy. While the findings may not be shocking, the information that Goodin details, which he obtained from an independent study, does in fact confirm that a user’s privacy is not alwaysContinue reading “Bravely Default”

Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai, whose name I will only type once out of fear of butchering it in later appearances, wrote a wonderful article for Vice describing the recent rise then decline of “jackpotting” ATMs. Hackers in Europe have been distributing and implementing a malware that hijacks ATM process, and literally spits out money. While these attacksContinue reading “Jackpot!”