Tag: reverse-engineering
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VB2016 preview: Mobile Applications: a Backdoor into Internet of Things?
The recent discovery of a one-million-device IoT botnet used for DDoS attacks should be ample proof that concerns over the security of the Internet of Things are not merely theoretical. Unfortunately, the use of specific components and the wide variety among them makes reverse engineering such devices rather complicated. But it doesn’t need to be,…
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VB2016 preview: Mobile Applications: a Backdoor into Internet of Things?
The recent discovery of a one-million-device IoT botnet used for DDoS attacks should be ample proof that concerns over the security of the Internet of Things are not merely theoretical. Unfortunately, the use of specific components and the wide variety among them makes reverse engineering such devices rather complicated. But it doesn’t need to be,…
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NSA, GCHQ found to target anti-virus products
Agencies looked for vulnerabilities to exploit and for submitted malware samples. New documents from NSA whistle-blower Edward Snowden have revealed the agency and its British counterpart GCHQ have actively been targeting anti-virus companies, The Intercept reports . The agencies have been found to be looking for weaknesses in anti-virus products and to have obtained intelligence…