The Border Mail |
From cybercrime to cyber warfare: Australia woefully unprepared
The Border Mail And imagine that smart group of people is a government wanting to launch cyber warfare? The now well-known computer virus dubbed Stuxnet, which was in 2007 deployed jointly by the US and Israel to destroy Iranian centrifuges used to process uranium at … |
The Sydney Morning Herald |
cybercrime to cyber warfare: Australia woefully unprepared
The Sydney Morning Herald If there was one event in 2016 that characterised Australia's total lack of preparedness against cyber attacks, it was the epic failure of the Census on August 9. The Australian Federal Police is still investigating who was responsible for the attack … |
Disturbing reports in recent years of hackers hijacking baby monitors and screaming at children have creeped out parents, but these incidents apparently haven’t spooked makers of these devices.
A security analysis of nine baby monitors from different manufacturers revealed serious vulnerabilities and design flaws that could allow hackers to hijack their video feeds or take full control of the devices.
The tests were performed by researchers from security firm Rapid7 during the first half of this year and the results were released Tuesday in a white paper. On a scale from A to F that rated their security functionality and implementation, eight of the devices received an F and one a D.
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