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The worst data breaches (so far)
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Vulnerabilities in aircraft systems allow remote airplane hijacking, researcher says
The lack of security in communication technologies used in the aviation industry makes it possible to remotely exploit vulnerabilities in critical on-board systems and attack aircraft in flight, according to research presented Wednesday at the Hack in the Box security conference in Amsterdam. Read More

Supply chain the new tempting attraction for hackers
The attractiveness of company supply chains to hackers is growing, say security experts interviewed by CSO. Read More

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When Microsoft acquired PhoneFactor last fall, the handwriting was on the wall for the future of two-factor authentication for the company's consumer cloud offerings. Now it appears that handwriting is about to become a reality. Read More

Companies should ban Facebook Home, experts say
Social network's new overlay for Android smartphones 'would be the first thing I would block on my network,' said one security adviser Read More

Critics: CISPA still a government surveillance bill
A U.S. House of Representatives committee failed to make the changes necessary to allay fears about government surveillance in a controversial cyberthreat sharing bill that's moving toward a House vote, critics said. Read More


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Hackers turn a Canon EOS camera into a remote surveillance tool
The high-end Canon EOS-1D X camera can be hacked for use as a remote surveillance tool, with images remotely downloaded, erased and uploaded, a researcher said during the Hack in the Box security conference in Amsterdam on Wednesday. Read More

Hackers could start abusing electric car chargers to cripple the grid, researcher says
Hackers could use vulnerable charging stations to prevent the charging of electric vehicles in a certain area, or possibly even use the vulnerabilities to cripple parts of the electricity grid, a security researcher said during the Hack in the Box conference in Amsterdam on Thursday. Read More

Gartner: Long hard climb to high level of cloud computing security
It's still a long, hard climb to get to a high level of security in cloud computing, according to Gartner research vice president Jay Heiser, who said business and government organizations with sensitive data appear likely to hold back from cloud-based services until things improve. Read More

Father of SSH working on new version of crypto standard
The Secure Shell (SSH) cryptographic network protocol that's supported in software for server authentication and machine-to-machine communications is headed for a significant update. Read More

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