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New Jeep hack allows remote steering, acceleration

03

Aug

2016

Last year, two researchers set car owners and legislators into a panic when they demonstrated how to cut the engine of a Jeep on the highway from the comfort of an apartment. This year, they are demonstrating a new attack that allows them to slam on someone else’s breaks or spin their steering wheel. Charlie […]

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FBI investigating hack of another Democratic committee

29

Jul

2016

The FBI is investigating a hack of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) that may be related to the cyber-attack earlier this year on the Democratic National Committee (DNC), Reuters reports. The cyber intrusion at the DCCC, the fundraising arm for House Democrats, may have been intended to get information on donors, sources told the news […]

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Hacking smartphones via voice commands hidden in YouTube videos

12

Jul

2016

A group of researchers from Georgetown University and UC Berkeley have demonstrated how voice commands hidden in YouTube videos can be used by malicious attackers to compromise smartphones. In order for the attack to work, the target smartphones have to have Apple Siri or Google Now – the intelligent personal assistant software that uses a […]

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