In-brief: Call it “password shaming”: a group of security researchers has published a list of default administrator credentials for the software that runs many of the world’s industrial facilities and manufacturing lines.
Hacks & Hackers
Auto OEM Harman Buys Security firm TowerSec
In-brief: HARMAN, the automobile supplier, said it will buy Tower Security, a maker of security technology for connected vehicles.
Mystery: Info on 190 Million Voters Exposed
In-brief: A security researcher discovered a database containing information on 190 million voters. But whose data is it?
Juniper Warns of Mystery Backdoor In NetScreen Products
In-brief: the discovery of a mystery “back door” in software that runs Juniper’s NetScreen line of security products prompted an emergency warning and patch from the company, and raises the specter of nation-backed hacking.
The Car Hacking Hype Curve In Two Awesome Infographs
In-brief: Chris Poulin of IBM blogs over at Recorded Future that malicious attacks on connected vehicles are a couple of years off. But the genie is already out of the bottle.
