InfoSec News Nuggets 8/9/2024

Black Hat USA 2024: vehicle head unit can spy on you, researchers reveal As with virtually any electronic device, vehicle infotainment systems, colloquially known as head units, can be engineered to steal user data. Dan Mazzella, security research engineer and malware researcher at Cisco Talos successfully exploited his own vehicle‘s head unit to demonstrate that the attack is possible. “I was able to very easily just dump process memory and access exact GPS coordinates for…
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InfoSec News Nuggets 06/11/2021

How to Protect Seniors Against Cybercrimes and Scams Many of the crimes that occur in real life happen on the internet too. Credit card fraud, identity theft, embezzlement, and more, all can be and are being done online. Seniors and the elderly are often targeted for these cybercrimes. They tend to be more trusting than younger people and usually have better credit, and more wealth. This makes them more attractive to scammers. Seniors are considered…
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