PoisonTap, a $5 Hacking Device That Can Prove to Be Costly
PoisonTap, a $5 USB device can create a backdoor entry to any locked computer, allowing hackers to easily get into online Bitcoin wallets. Technology can be used for both good and bad. As cyber researchers and developers continue to develop state of the art security features, the same set of skills can be used to circumvent them as well. Samy Kamkar, a hardware hacker has proven it with his PoisonTap device. The PoisonTap, comprising of a Raspberry Pi Zero microcomputer along with a USB adapter, costing no more than $5 is capable of wreaking havoc. According to reports, the device with....
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Hacking Team has made a lot of media headlines over the past year. Not only because this collaborative is known for its hacking exploits all over the world, but also because of their contacts with governments around the world. Ever since Hacking Team became the subject of a hacking attempt themselves, a lot of people have been wondering what day-to-day operations for this group looked like. Apparently they were keeping a very close eye on the evolution of the Bitcoin ecosystem. WikiLeaks has unveiled over one million emails from the Hacking Team surveillance malware collective. As part of....
San Francisco-based Coinbase is slated to roll out a new feature allowing for device verification this week, according to a security-oriented announcement made on their blog on Tuesday. The device authentication feature is just exactly as it sounds, allowing users of the service to create a list of authorized devices (new devices can be added any time) from which their accounts can be accessed. In other words, if it's not listed, you're not getting in. It's all in effort to better protect the user from the seemingly endless amounts of account phishing and hacking attempts. Coinbase also....
Unknown hackers have released a large cache of files stolen from notorious Italy-based spyware firm Hacking Team, revealing that the company enabled its clients to hack computers and monitor cryptocurrency activity on those machines. According to a report by security news provider CSO, the trove of data included internal emails, payment invoices and product descriptions. Among the products listed in a slideshow prepared by CSO are computer monitoring programs that, among other capabilities, can view "cryptocurrency transactions", naming bitcoin and litecoin specifically. The three....