In-brief: U.S. adults may be able to identify a strong password when they see one, but on many questions of how to identify and protect themselves from online threats, they are worryingly ignorant, according to a new survey by The Pew Center.
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Hobbled by DMCA, Farmers are jail breaking Tractors | Motherboard
In-brief: Hobbled by draconian copyright restrictions from manufacturers like John Deere that make it impossible to modify or repair equipment, farmers in the U.S. have turned to unofficial software produced in countries like Ukraine to maintain their equipment.
NAS Holes: Air Force Data Leak the Tip of Very Large Iceberg
In-brief: The recently disclosed trove of personnel files by an US Air Force officer is one piece of a much larger phenomenon: exposed, vulnerable and Internet-connected network attached storage (or NAS) devices chock full of gigabytes sensitive data.
Targeting Internet of Things: Metasploit Tool Adds Wireless Device Detection
In-brief: The Metasploit Framework has a new extension to test for wireless devices that communicate over radio frequency (RF), Bluetooth and other protocols.
What does the Yahoo Indictment Tell us About Russian State Hacking?
The Department of Justice unsealed an indictment of four men for carrying out a hack of Yahoo in 2014 that netted information on some 500 million users. Two of those indicted have ties to Russia’s FSB intelligence arm, while two appear to be freelancers. What do we know about the four men who were arrested? If true, what does the DOJ’s indictment mean for the state of play between Russia and the U.S. in this newest theater of battle? Security Ledger Editor in Chief Paul Roberts speaks with Igor Baikalov of the firm Securonix to get his thoughts.
