Cybersecurity

David Herring's digest of online threats and countermeasures
UPDATED 22:15 PM EDT, April 16, 2013

Heating system can be hacked

H-online reports a German manufactured heating system has a vulnerability that could allow an attacker to take control of the system remotely.

UPDATED 22:14 PM EDT, April 16, 2013

Legal files of defendants disappear from computers

CNET reports on problems with data access on systems connected to Defense Department computers associated with lawyers for Guantanamo prisoners

UPDATED 22:12 PM EDT, April 16, 2013

Snapchat traffic increases

The Washington Post reports the photo sharing service processes over 150 million photos per day.

UPDATED 22:11 PM EDT, April 16, 2013

Cyber expert leaves DARPA

The Register reports the former Hacker "Mudge" will take his expertise from government work to Google's Motorola Mobility unit.

UPDATED 22:10 PM EDT, April 16, 2013

North Korean websites hacked

The Register reports multiple domains registered in North Korea were targeted by the hacktivist group Anonymous.

UPDATED 22:09 PM EDT, April 16, 2013

Facebook chat feature to be pushed to iPhone

Arstechnica reports the chat head feature that is part of the new Android version of Facebook Home will come to the iOS app soon.

UPDATED 21:52 PM EDT, April 15, 2013

39 critical problems with Java to get update

Arstechnica reports Oracle will release an update to close holes in the Java browser plugin.

UPDATED 21:51 PM EDT, April 15, 2013

More than 90,000 computers used in attack

Arstechnica reports researchers have identified an ongoing brute force attack on servers that run the WordPress blogging software.

UPDATED 16:41 PM EDT, April 16, 2013

Hong Kong businessman buys $15 million iPhone

The Register reports the custom designed iPhone has a chassis made of solid gold and a home button made of a 26-carat black diamond.

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