Insulin Pumps, Monitors Vulnerable To Hacking

August 4, 2011

Even the human bloodstream isn’t safe from computer hackers.

A security researcher who is diabetic has identified flaws that could allow an attacker to remotely control insulin pumps and alter the readouts of blood-sugar monitors. As a result, diabetics could get too much or too little insulin, a hormone they need for proper metabolism.

Jay Radcliffe, a diabetic who experimented on his own equipment, shared his findings with The Associated Press before releasing them Thursday at the Black Hat computer security conference in Las Vegas.

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North Korean hackers hired to attack South Korea game network

August 4, 2011

More than 30 North Korean hackers were hired to work in China by a South Korean crime ring to steal the personal data of South Korean gamers, and channeled $5 million to their impoverished country in compensation, South Korea’s police said on Thursday.

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Anonymous testing LOIC replacements – new tool uses server exploits

August 4, 2011

Anonymous is developing a new DDoS tool. So far, what they have is something that is platform neutral, leveraging JavaScript and vulnerabilities within SQL to create a devastating impact on the targeted website. But will the tool last, and will it make law enforcement’s job harder in the long run?

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Revealed: Operation Shady RAT

August 4, 2011

Massive Cyber-Spying Operation, ‘Shady Rat,’ Revealed: Dozens of government entities, major companies and non-profits were the victims of a massive, years-long cyber-attack effort, according to a study released Wednesday by security firm McAfee.

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A map from the McAfee report showing locations of hacking victims.

Dubbed “Operation Shady Rat” by the report’s author, Dmitri Alperovitch, the effort took data from groups ranging from the United Nations to media organizations, the government of Taiwan and the International Olympic Committee, the study says.

The targeting of the IOC and the World Anti-Doping Agency, which were targeted around the 2008 Olympics – “potentially pointed a finger at a state actor behind the intrusions, because there is likely no commercial benefit to be earned from such hacks,” Alperovitch wrote. And it doesn’t take too much reading between the lines to conclude which nation he’s talking about. Vanity Fair, in its scoop on the report, quotes other security experts as saying the signs point to China.

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