Airplane radio navigation systems are vulnerable to manipulation using software defined radio, researchers have shown.
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Spotlight Podcast: Managing the Digital Risk in your Digital Transformation
Companies are pursuing digital transformation at all costs. But do they really understand the risks lurking in their digital transformation strategies? In this Spotlight Podcast, sponsored by RSA,* we’re joined by RSA Portfolio Strategist Steve Schlarman for a discussion of managing the risks in digital transformation.
Israeli Group Exploited WhatsApp to Spy on Users
An Israeli firm has exploited a flaw in the popular messaging mobile app WhatsApp to plant spyware on iPhones and Android. One phone call is all it takes for software developed by the Israeli firm NSO Group to install itself on a vulnerable iPhone or Android device, according to a published report in the FT Times. The publication broke the news, saying it potentially affects 1.5 billion users of the Facebook-owned WhatsApp messaging application, on Monday. WhatsApp quickly issued a fix for the exploit, described in an alert on the Facebook website as “a buffer overflow vulnerability in WhatsApp VOIP stack” that allows for “remote code execution via specially crafted series of SRTCP packets sent to a target phone number.” “WhatsApp encourages people to upgrade to the latest version of our app, as well as keep their mobile operating system up to date, to protect against potential targeted exploits designed […]
Chinese APT Group, Used Stolen NSA Hacking Tools Before Shadow Brokers
A group with links to the government of China was using hacking tools developed by the NSA even before they are believed to have been stolen, a new report contends.
Report: Companies Still Grappling with IoT Security
Data breaches relating to unsecured Internet of Things devices have jumped by more than 10 percent since 2017, suggesting security efforts aren’t keeping pace with the growth of the Internet of Things, a new study finds.
