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Tag Archives: hacking
Hacking Avionics Systems
April 22, 2013 – 6:00 am
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A researcher has come up with exploits, as described in Zeljka Zorz’s April 10, 2013 blog post “Hacking airplanes with an Android phone,” which enable someone using a smart phone with particular apps to take over the flight management systems of aircraft … see…
Pump and Dump and Pump Again
February 6, 2012 – 6:00 am
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In the January 27, 2012 issue of The Wall Street Journal, Jean Eaglesham and Andrew Ackerman wrote an article with the title “SEC Says Latvian Hacked Accounts: Commission Alleges Four Firms Helped Trader Make Unauthorized Online Stock Purchases and Sales.” The article describes the apparent…
The FFIEC and Password-Generating Tokens
August 29, 2011 – 6:00 am
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In June 2011, the FFIEC (Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council) issued a “Supplement to Authentication in an Internet Banking Environment,” available at http://www.ffiec.gov/pdf/Auth-ITS-Final%206-22-11%20(FFIEC%20Formated).pdf The FFIEC comprises five financial regulatory…
Network Solutions “Hacked Account” Demonstrates Incompetence
January 7, 2010 – 5:00 am
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When in doubt, claim the account was hacked. That appears to be the reasoning of a Network Solutions Technical Support Representative. Normally I do not write about other companies but this is an interesting case. As professionals we view being hacked as something we defend against. While some…
The Ears of a Hacker: Enumeration by Sound – No Tech Hacking (pt. 2)
June 25, 2008 – 6:00 am
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I previously wrote an article about Johnny Long’s latest book, No Tech Hacking. This book covers many points about security in the physical world from the perspective of a hacker by raising the question “What does a hacker see?” There’s another observation point that must be addressed, one…
