hacking

https://www.wired.com/story/hackers-can-clone-millions-of-toyota-hyundai-kia-keys/

Encryption flaws in a common anti-theft feature expose vehicles from major manufacturers.

chip-enabled mechanical keys

their technique likely isn’t as easy to pull off as the “relay” attacks that thieves have repeatedly used to steal luxury cars and SUVs. Those generally require only a pair of radio devices to extend the range of a key fob to open and start a victim’s car. You can pull them off from a fair distance, even through the walls of a building.

By contrast, the cloning attack the Birmingham and KU Leuven researchers developed requires that a thief scan a target key fob with an RFID reader from just an inch or two away

https://www.wired.com/story/botnet-social-network-where-everyones-influencer/

a faux-social network called Botnet, which is free for anyone to download as an app. Botnet looks like a stripped-down Facebook Newsfeed, where the only posts you can see are your own. It’s just you and the bots, who like and comment on your posts with reckless abandon.

Botnet is designed to simulate the experience of mega-fame on the internet

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-51658111

The attack allowed hackers to gain access to its client list but it said its servers had not been breached.

Twitter, YouTube and Facebook have all demanded it stop using photos on their platforms.

But Clearview AI chief executive Hoan Ton-That told the CBS This Morning programme it was his First Amendment right to collect public photos.

https://www.businessinsider.com/hackers-trick-tesla-accelerating-85mph-using-tape-2020-2

The researchers elongated the middle line in the “3” by 2 inches.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/israeli-military-tricked-into-installing-malware-by-hamas-agents-posing-as-women/

Members of the Hamas Palestinian militant group have posed as young teenage girls to lure Israeli soldiers into installing malware-infected apps on their phones, a spokesperson for the Israeli Defence Force (IDF) said today.

Some soldiers fell for the scam, but IDF said they detected the infections, tracked down the malware, and then took down Hamas’ hacking infrastructure.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/researcher-backdoor-mechanism-discovered-in-devices-using-hisilicon-chips/

https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/5/21123491/philips-hue-bulb-hack-hub-firmware-patch-update

Might want to check if you’ve got firmware 1935144040

https://ww.9to5google.com/2020/02/03/google-maps-hack-virtual-traffic-jam/

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/03/us/politics/iowa-caucus-app.html

“The consensus of all experts who have been thinking about this is unequivocal,” Mr. Blaze added. “Internet and mobile voting should not be used at this time in civil elections.” Any technology, he said, should be tested and retested by the broader cybersecurity community before being publicly introduced, to test for anything ranging from a small bug to a major vulnerability. “I think the most important rule of thumb in introducing technology into voting is be extremely conservative,” he said

https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/investigation/2020/01/29/united-nations-cyber-attack

The UN did not publicly disclose a major hacking attack into its IT systems in Europe – a decision that potentially put staff, other organisations, and individuals at risk