cyber security
Black Hat USA: Wi-Fi tracking flaw puts the ‘BS’ in BSSID
LAS VEGAS — Geolocation services for a number of popular mobile hardware vendors can be used to perform widescale Wi-Fi network monitoring, according to a presentation Tuesday at the Black Hat conference here. Researcher Erik Rye of the University of Maryland said that a feature known as a Basic Service Set Identifier (BSSID) can be […]
Hackers Downloaded Call Logs from Cloud Platform in AT&T Breach
Telecommunications giant AT&T has revealed that customer data has been illegally downloaded by threat actors. Hackers have downloaded the data from AT&T’s its workspace on a third-party cloud platform, the company confirmed in a statement published on July 12. According to a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the company first learned […]
NATO Set to Build New Cyber Defense Center
NATO’s members have agreed to the construction of a new cyber-defense facility designed to help the military alliance build resilience and better respond to digital threats. As the alliance celebrated its 75th anniversary with a summit in Washington DC from 9 to 11 July, it revealed plans for a new NATO Integrated Cyber Defence Centre […]