Cybersecurity Experts Cast Doubt on Hackers’ ICS Ransomware Claims
A hacktivist group has made bold claims regarding an attack on an industrial control system (ICS) device, but industry professionals have questioned their claims.
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IoT security
16 Car Makers and Their Vehicles Hacked via Telematics, APIs, Infrastructure
A group of seven security researchers have discovered numerous vulnerabilities in vehicles from 16 car makers, including bugs that allowed them to control car functions and start or stop the engine.
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Researcher Says Google Paid $100k Bug Bounty for Smart Speaker Vulnerabilities
Security researcher Matt Kunze says Google paid him a $107,500 bug bounty reward for responsibly reporting vulnerabilities in the Google Home Mini smart speaker.
The issues, the researcher says, could have been exploited by an attacker within wireless …
Critical Vulnerabilities Patched in Synology Routers
Taiwan-based networking and storage solutions provider Synology has informed customers about the availability of patches for several critical vulnerabilities, including flaws likely exploited recently at the Pwn2Own hacking contest.
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