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Critical infrastructure radio tech ‘easily hacked’ through deliberate backdoor

Dutch researchers have found vulnerabilities in TETRA — a radio technology used across the world to control critical infrastructure such as power grids, gas pipelines, and trains.  The researchers, Job Wetzels, Carlo Meijer, and Wouter Bokslag of cybersecurity firm Midnight Blue, found a deliberate backdoor in the encryption algorithm of these radios — made by Motorola, Damm, Hytera, and others — that was “easy” to hack.  “The results of this research are serious,” said Jacobs, who is also a…

Was Hinge Hacked? Temporary User Outage Explained

The dating app Hinge was hit by a wave of outage reports from users on Wednesday, with some expressing concern that their inability to log in meant their accounts had been deleted. Panic subsided, however, when Hinge mended the connectivity issue, rendering the situation as little more than a temporary inconvenience for most. Several accounts claimed on Reddit that they were missing matches after the outage’s conclusion, but it’s unclear whether that’s a product of technical issues on the app’s part or simply…

How I Hacked and Turned My CASIO F-91W Into a Contactless Payment Device

This journey into the realm of NFC technology, contactless payments and radio waves has been thrilling. Read All This journey into the realm of NFC technology, contactless payments and radio waves has been thrilling. Read All FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE NEWS Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Techno Blender is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is specified. All trademarks belong to their rightful owners, all materials to their…

Phone tracking LetMeSpy app hacked; thousands of users’ location, messages stolen

Some Android phone users just got the worst news! Their data has been stolen by hackers. A phone tracking app created to spy on people, known as LetMeSpy app, has been hacked The app has issued a security notice that cyber criminals have hacked its servers and stolen sensitive data, cybersecurity firm Bitdefender reported. On its website, LetMeSpy has informed that “On June 21, 2023, a security incident occurred involving obtaining unauthorized access to the data of website users.”LetMeSpy app is a free mobile…

Over 100000 ChatGPT accounts hacked! India is the worst-affected country

Ever since its public release in November 2022, ChatGPT has taken the world by storm. The generative conversational chatbot by OpenAI is among the most popular artificial intelligence tools in the world with millions of people using it globally. However, this also makes it a perfect hunting ground for hackers and malicious actors. In fact, a new report has revealed that ChatGPT has suffered a massive data breach where more than 100,000 accounts have been affected. Making it worse, India is among the leading nations…

These are the most hacked passwords. Is yours on the list?

One popular method is the brute force attack in which cyber crooks use automated tools to run through millions of potential passwords per second. A similar tactic is the dictionary attack where the bad guys check common words and phrases to try to guess your password. Some hackers will scour your social media accounts to find personal details that may play a role in your passwords.Sent via email, text message, or phone call, the phishing attack is another popular scheme through which you're tricked into revealing a

Russia claims thousands of iPhones hacked in major spy operation, blames US, Apple

Russia claims thousands of iPhones hacked in major spy operation, blames US, AppleWithout providing evidence, Russia's Federal Security Service claimed on Monday that several thousand iPhones in the country had been compromised in a recently uncovered espionage operation that it attributed the US government, The Washington Post reported. Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Lab claimed that the campaign had installed file-stealing malware on iPhones belonging to its staff that were running an outdated version…

Scientists Hacked Human Cells to Make Insulin, And It Reversed Diabetes in Mice : ScienceAlert

Scientists have repurposed human stomach cells into tissues that release insulin in response to rising blood sugar levels in a breakthrough that promises an effective way to manage conditions such as type 1 diabetes.The experiment, led by researchers from Weill Cornell Medicine in the US, revealed transplants of gastric insulin-secreting (GINS) cells reversed diabetes in mice.Pancreatic beta cells normally do the job of releasing the hormone insulin in response to elevated sugar levels in the blood. In people with…

Russian antivirus firm Kaspersky says staffers’ iPhones were hacked

The Moscow-based antivirus firm Kaspersky Lab said an undisclosed number of staffers' iPhones were hacked using sophisticated malware.Thursday's announcement came the same day that Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) said it had uncovered a U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) plot to break into Apple devices.Kaspersky did not immediately return a message seeking comment on their report's timing or its relationship to the FSB warning. The Moscow-based antivirus firm Kaspersky Lab said an undisclosed number of…

Internal Report Suggests Security Lapses at Hacked Crypto Exchange Bitfinex

Bitfinex told OCCRP the analysis was “incomplete” and “incorrect” and that there was “evidence of negligence…on the part of other counterparties that led to the hack.” Bitgo declined to comment. Ledger Lab did not respond to a request for comment.The hacker covered their tracks with a data destruction tool, used to permanently delete logs and other digital artifacts that might have identified the initial entry point into Bitfinex systems, meaning it’s not clear how they got into the exchange’s systems, only the security…