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Malware
WattsUpDoc: US hospitals trial AC power probes to treat medical malware
Hack on the track: Signaling flaw leaves UK trains vulnerable
The adoption of smart technology to power city services could leave urban areas "wide open" to being hacked on a mass scale, says a cybersecurity expert.
Kyle Ellison • 30 Apr 2015 • 1 min. read
What kind of punishment best fits a convicted hacker? Jail time for serious computer crimes is almost a certainty, but for one ex-hacker, Higinio Ochoa, the terms of his parole also include being "banned from the internet".
Kyle Ellison • 28 Apr 2015 • 1 min. read
Two major hospitals in the United States are trialling a new system for detecting malware on medical devices, using probes that monitor AC power consumption to detect infections.
Kyle Ellison • 27 Apr 2015 • 1 min. read
UK train services could be vulnerable to being hacked, hijacked and crashed, due to the trial of new digital signaling system designed to make lines safer.
Kyle Ellison • 24 Apr 2015 • 1 min. read
Hacker could serve longer jail sentence than the rapists he exposed
A 26-year-old hacker who helped expose the rape of a teenage girl could spend five times longer in jail than the perpetrators he outed.
Kyle Ellison • 23 Apr 2015 • 1 min. read
Privacy
Hackers spy on Kansas family through unsecured baby monitor
A Kansas family are the latest victims of a hacked nanny cam, after noticing the device purchased to monitor their three-month-old baby was also monitoring them.
Kyle Ellison • 22 Apr 2015 • 2 min. read
New malware 'Punkey' detected in new point-of-sale attack
A new advanced malware program targeting point-of-sale terminals is putting customer credit card details at risk, following a number of similar attacks already this year.
Kyle Ellison • 21 Apr 2015 • 1 min. read
Australian infosec body lobbies for mandatory security baseline
Australia's infosec industry is lobbying for a mandatory security baseline to ensure basic IT standards are met across the country, with penalties issued to those that don't comply.
Kyle Ellison • 20 Apr 2015 • 1 min. read
Minecraft exploit makes it "easy" for hackers to crash servers
A security researcher has posted a Minecraft flaw that makes it "easy" for hackers to crash the game's servers.
Kyle Ellison • 17 Apr 2015 • 1 min. read