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Security Flaws

March 12, 2008

Wednesday, March 12, 2008 8:16 AM/EST

Hacks and Heart Attacks

I awoke this morning to reports that researchers have found a way to hack into and disrupt implanted deliberators and heart regulating devices. The research conducted by the Medical Device Safety Institute at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital in Boston is...

March 10, 2008

Monday, March 10, 2008 9:58 AM/EST

Hackers wanted their MTV records

More than 5,000 employees of MTV, a division of media giant Viacom, are monitoring their credit reports after being notified that a security breach compromised filed that contained their names, Social Security numbers and compensation information. In an internal...

February 25, 2008

Monday, February 25, 2008 7:57 AM/EST

New Vulnerabilities Shake Security Complacency

Vulnerability in VMware's desktop application and a method for retrieving software-based encryption keys reminds us to never get complacent with security assumptions.

January 7, 2008

Monday, January 07, 2008 10:02 AM/EST

Security Flaw Turns 787 into Latest Video Game

When the new 787 Dreamliner takes flight later this year, passengers will have Internet access at 37,000 feet...and perhaps control of the aircraft. At least that's what some security experts are reading into a Federal Aviation Administration assessment of the...

December 17, 2007

Monday, December 17, 2007 9:43 AM/EST

The Real Value of Cybersecurity Insurance

If you missed the announcement a couple of weeks ago, here it is again: the good insurance folks over at Chubb will give you a discount on cybersecurity insurance if you use Core Security's automated penetration testing software. How much...

December 11, 2007

Tuesday, December 11, 2007 8:49 AM/EST

A Question of Data Ownership

The State of Maine is going to court to reclaim a public document that fell into private hands, citing a statute that says a public document remains public until it is expressly released by the government authorities. The document...



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