Top Ten Hacks : Black Hat and Defcon
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http://www.computerworld.com/article/2969805/cybercrime-hacking/10-scary-hacks-from-black-hat-and-def-con.html
CPU root kits, pass the hash over the internet,hack ya car, and more.
The world is not prepared for this level of IT fuckery
Ive been reading books lately on network security and hacking. This is a field where companies are so far behind the hackers its terrifying. For some of yall wanting to get into IT this is probably as hot of a field as any.
The highlight of this year's Black Hat conference was a remote hack of the Jeep Cherokee and other Fiat Chrysler vehicles demonstrated by security researches Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek.
The attack was the culmination of a year of painstaking work that involved reverse engineering car firmware and communications protocols. It eventually allowed the two researchers to hack into the car infotainment systems over mobile data connections and take over brake, steering and other critical systems. The research forced Chrysler to recall 1.4 million automobiles so they could be patched and prompted a car cybersafety legislative proposal from the U.S. Congress.
Rootkits in your CPU are now a thing
Researcher Christopher Domas from the Battelle Memorial Institute disclosed a design flaw in Intel's x86 CPU microarchitecture that dates back to 1997. The vulnerability, which affects all Intel CPUs older than the second generation Core processor family, also known as Sandy Bridge, can be leveraged to install a rootkit into the deepest parts of a system, the System Management Mode (SMM). This can make malware undetectable to security products and allows attackers to reinfect the operating system even after a complete wipe.
CPU root kits, pass the hash over the internet,hack ya car, and more.
The world is not prepared for this level of IT fuckery
Ive been reading books lately on network security and hacking. This is a field where companies are so far behind the hackers its terrifying. For some of yall wanting to get into IT this is probably as hot of a field as any.
Yeah, network security is fucked, and people haven't realized that the only way to address it is to change the way software is written. Should be a fun ten years.
By Sharp Go To PostYeah, network security is fucked, and people haven't realized that the only way to address it is to change the way software is written. Should be a fun ten years.
Its astonishing how far behind it is tho. Every corp outchea getting sniped by hackers. What can you really do though? Everything is connected and chances are high that somewhere in that chain there is a weakness. And if there isnt there's always employees who are always the easiest in into a network.