Digital Forensics & Cyber Security Blog
Digital Forensics & Cyber Security Blog
Hackers Slipped Malware Into The Google Play Store
Six cybersecurity firms came together today to announce that they successfully took down a network of apps that turned Android smartphones into cyber weapons. Mashable reports that the malware, called WireX, was hidden in about 300 apps available for download in the Google Play Store. While they appeared to be pretty unassuming [...]
How a Bug in an Obscure Chip Exposed a Billion Smartphones to Hackers
If you haven't updated your iPhone or Android device lately, do it now. Until very recent patches, a bug in a little-examined Wi-Fi chip would have allowed a hacker to invisibly hack into any one of a billion devices. Yes, billion with a b. A vulnerability that pervasive is rare, [...]
You Can Finally Play These Crazy-Cool Classics on the Nintendo Switch
The Nintendo Switch is already hitting home runs as a part-time portable Neo Geo simulator, and the gaming console just added another collectively strange but welcome batch of throwback games to its roster of retro-playables. From coin-op arcade classics to a GameCube original, arcade collection Namco Museum is nothing if not a novel [...]
TSA Tightens Electronics Screening for Domestic Flights
(Photo: PAUL J. RICHARDS, AFP/Getty Images) After ramping up screening for international flights heading to the U.S., the Transportation Security Administration announced Wednesday that it will scrutinize electronics more closely domestically over the coming weeks and months. Travelers in standard TSA checkpoint lines at airports will have to remove all [...]
The Girl Scouts are Introducing Badges for Cybersecurity
Move over IT guys... the Girl Scouts are here. Founded before women even earned the right to vote, the Girl Scouts of the USA has come a long way since its inception. The organization that's known for selling addictive cookies has in the last few years been making a push [...]