Article at Quora.com Outlines a script called rubber ducky that infects a Mac computer and then uploads your documents directory to wherever the script tells it to. They have tested this concept with a couple of scripts and methods. This means as we have mentioned before, One should be especially careful with plugging in unknown … Read more
Why do we continue to live with the situation that we have? Why are we willing to live with risks? It has been shown from the ever capable Bruce Schneier youtube and his blog posts Humanity is risk averse when it comes to gains and risk seeking when it comes to losses. Here is a … Read more
UPS security incident release 2 locations in Illinois, but not near the Saint Louis area. 2033 North Milwaukee Avenue Riverwoods IL 60015 07.01.2014 08.11.2014 276 East Deerpath Road Lake Forest IL 60045 03.26.2014 08.11.2014 Also the press release says that the malware was removed by Aug 11th.
MIT Technology Review University of Michigan was given permission and was able to hack traffic light systems And the traffic lights had unencrypted wireless communications, default passwords and a port on the system that is easy to attack. The MIT paper link Unfortunately this manufacturer did not pay too much attention to security. This is … Read more
Reuters story: Community Health Systems has 2 area hospitals in Granite City and Red Bud (in Illinois side of Saint Louis Metro) Community Health systems has 206 regional hospitals across the country, and it appears that malware infected some computers. Interesting note: “The company said it and its security contractor, FireEye Inc unit Mandiant, … Read more