2 New Jersey hospital emergency rooms closed due to ransomware attack
Both hospitals are part of the Hackensack Meridian Health system – Pascack Valey Medical Center in Westwood, New Jersey, and Mountainside Medical Center in Montclair.
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Black Hat: Security Bugs Allow Takeover of Capsule Hotel Rooms
A researcher was able to remotely control the lights, bed and ventilation in “smart” hotel rooms via Nasnos vulnerabilities.
Ransomware attack hits Pitney Bowes, impacting company mail rooms around the world
Global shipping and mailing service Pitney Bowes has fallen foul of a ransomware attack that has encrypted data on its computer systems and disrupted customer access to its online services.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
Smashing Security #121: Hijacked motel rooms, ASUS PCs, and leaky apps
An app leaking private conversations and intimate photographs is ignoring requests to fix the problem, hackers poison a security update sent to ASUS PCs, and how to protect your privacy in motel rooms.
All this and much more is discussed in the latest edition of the award-winning “Smashing Security” podcast by computer security veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault, joined this week by Maria Varmazis.