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Hacking boardroom videoconferencing systems

Jan

2012

Hacker HD Moore, the creator of Metasploit and chief security officer at Rapid7, has found that videoconferencing equipment is often left wide open for hackers to creep in and peep around organizations. As described in a report by the New York Times, Moore has demonstrated how he could remotely tour a dozen conference rooms around […]

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US considered cyberwarfare in attacks on Gaddafi’s Libya

Oct

2011

The New York Times is reporting that the United States nearly chose to use “cyber weaponry” in the lead-up to the attacks on Libya earlier this year. Apparently the US military considered hacking into the Libyan government’s air defense control systems. It is an interesting development that US officials are considering their offensive cyber capabilities […]

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DigiNotar Certificate Hack: What Happened and How

Sep

2011

The big news in the security industry in the past couple of weeks has been a hack of DigiNotar, a Dutch certificate authority. We reported on this in late August, and Apple issued a security update last week to fix the problem on Macs.The New York Times has a detailed look at what happened and […]

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