An extremely well attended talk by Hugo Teso, a security consultant at n.runs AG in Germany, about the completely realistic scenario of plane hijacking via a simple Android app has galvanized the crowd attending the Hack In The Box Conference in Amsterdam today. Teso, who has been working in IT for the last eleven years [...]
AOptix unveiled AOptix Stratus, the first comprehensive mobile identity solution “Made for iPhone” delivering iris, fingerprint, voice, and face recognition in a truly integrated solution. The first mobile biometric product built with an open architecture, AOptix Stratus enables SI/VAR partners to develop applications meeting the specific requirements of their customers in a broad range of [...]
Since 2008, leading payment solutions and digital currency exchange provider, NXchanger, has been providing online payment solutions for corporate bodies and individuals. However, recently, they decided to up the game by making those payments automated by creating a new platform – eTopUp. On eTopUp, you can buy digital currencies like Liberty Reserve and your accounts [...]
Invitation for the next Cyberinfocts Ethical Hackers Forum Cyberinfocts Ethical Hackers Forum the right place for all the information security enthusiasts, hackers, coders, programmers, security & network professionals, web developers, government, police, business and enterprise people and all of those who care about ‘Information Security’. A platform for security analysts, ethical hackers, professionals and students [...]
It may be April Fools Day but this is no joke. As of today, Canada is now accepting applications from the world’s brightest entrepreneurs for their new Startup Visa Program. If you are serious about pursuing your entrepreneurial dream in one of the greatest countries on earth, the time is now. The Startup Visa Pilot [...]
With the hype surrounding a new innovation that allows you to book a bus ticket from the comfort of your location in a very easy manner, it became imperative to catch up with the co-founders (Celestine Ezeokoye and Constance Okoghenun) to answer a few questions. It was difficult getting them to do this because of [...]
Let’s say you’re driving and otherwise minding your own business, when like a scene out of Mission Impossible, a malicious hacker launches a “Self Destruct” attack on your vehicle. It could happen according to the Center for Automotive Embedded Systems Security. “It starts when a 60-second timer pops up on a car’s digital dashboard and [...]
Hacking a car, once the stuff of spy novels and science fiction, is fast becoming a serious threat, forcing the industry to consider how to protect vehicles against cyber attacks. “Cars are becoming connected devices,” said Ralf Lamberti, head of telematics and infotainment at Daimler. “[We’re] protecting vehicles with state of the art [equipment] to [...]
Gaping security holes are a pretty terrifying thing, especially when they involve something as sensitive as your Apple ID. Sadly it seems that immediately after making the paranoid happy by instituting two-step authentication a pretty massive flaw in Cupertino’s system was discovered and first reported by The Verge. Turns out you can reset any Apple [...]
The internet and its usage have experienced a great development in Nigeria in recent years. The population of Nigeria welcomes internet and its usage. For example, in 2003 it was 1.61 million which grew to 1.77 million by the end of the 2004. The usage of internet in Nigeria has developed due to the urge of [...]
