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Brian Donohue

“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.” ― Kurt Vonnegut

152 articles

  • cameras

Urban surveillance camera systems lacking security

Local governments and law enforcement are becoming increasingly more reliant on networked surveillance cameras in order to monitor densely populated urban areas. London is a notorious example of urban surveillance,

  • Brian Donohue

  • June 4, 2015

  • bug

All you need to know about VENOM virtualization vulnerability

Much has been said about the VENOM vulnerability, the latest in an increasingly long line of bugs affecting vast swaths of the Internet. It’s an old-school bug of the relatively new-age

  • Brian Donohue

  • May 20, 2015

  • APT

Naikon APT steals geopolitical data from the South China Sea

The Chinese-language Naikon advanced persistent threat group is targeting military, government and civil organizations located in and around the South China Sea, which is an increasingly contentious hot-bed of territorial disputes between

  • Brian Donohue

  • May 19, 2015

  • medical device security

Critical Security Vulnerabilities in Drug Injection Pumps

In yet another example of smart medical device insecurity, it has emerged recently that a line of Hospira drug pumps are exposed to a series of remotely exploitable vulnerabilities that could

  • Brian Donohue

  • May 12, 2015

  • hacking

Internet of Crappy Things, part 2: RSA conference edition

SAN FRANCISCO — It’s an utterly played out platitude that the security industry is largely failing at its mission to protect computers and networks and all the nearly infinite data

  • Brian Donohue

  • April 24, 2015

  • mobile devices

The Convoluted Art of Making Private and Anonymous Phone Calls

Photographer Curtis Wallen’s latest exhibit, “Proposition For An On Demand Clandestine  Communication Network,” opened in a Brooklyn art-house Sunday. The work explored what it would take for a normal person to

  • Brian Donohue

  • April 7, 2015

  • breach

Two Billion Owned SIM Cards is a Real-Life Nightmare

The latest in a long line of whistleblower Edward Snowden’s National Security Agency revelations may be among the most shocking: that the NSA and its British counterpart, GCHQ, allegedly compromised

  • Brian Donohue

  • February 27, 2015

  • APT

Desert Falcons: The Middle East’s Preeminent APT

Kaspersky Lab researchers uncovered Desert Falcons, the first exclusively Arabic APT group, presenting their findings at the Security Analyst Summit in Cancun.

  • Brian Donohue

  • February 20, 2015

  • privacy

Samsung Smart TV Listens While You Watch. Get Used to It.

Buried in Samsung’s terms of service is the admission that spoken words are picked up and passed along to third parties by voice recognition.

  • Brian Donohue

  • February 13, 2015

  • fraud

Bugs and Scams and WhatsApp Web

WhatsApp has finally released a Web version of its popular mobile messaging service. We take a look at it from the security perspective.

  • Brian Donohue

  • February 10, 2015

  • backup

Onion Ransomware News: Improved Version of CTB-Locker Emerges

New version of CTB-Locker, a ransomware that uses Tor and Bitcoin to evade detection and takedowns, should be avoided at all costs.

  • Brian Donohue

  • January 29, 2015

  • car

Progressive Snapshot Exposes Drivers to Car Hacking

Researcher discovers that Progressive Snapshot tools lack any real security controls and could be exploited by attackers to hack cars.

  • Brian Donohue

  • January 27, 2015

  • 123456

Remember the Gawker Media Password Breach of 2010?

Comparing the worst passwords of 2014 with the infamous top 50 passwords from the Gawker Media breach in 2010.

  • Brian Donohue

  • January 22, 2015

  • hacking

Blackhat the Movie Gets Hacking Right, Not Much Else

Blackhat was finally released in theaters and its strongest aspect is its technological portrayal of hacking.

  • Brian Donohue

  • January 19, 2015

  • apple

What You Should Know About the Thunderstrike Mac Bootkit

A researcher has developed a nasty bootkit capable of taking complete control of Mac OS X devices. Here is what you need to know.

  • Brian Donohue

  • January 15, 2015

  • GReAT

Chthonic Zeus Variant Targeting Online Bank Users Globally

A new variant of the Zeus banking trojan has emerged, targeting consumer accounts at 150 banks in 15 countries.

  • Brian Donohue

  • December 18, 2014

  • APT

From Ransomware to Anonymous Browsing: Ten 2014 Tech Trends

Kaspersky Lab experts analyze the security and privacy trends that emerged in 2014, including anonymous Tor browsing, ransomware, APT attacks and more.

  • Brian Donohue

  • December 11, 2014

  • 9 predictions

Kaspersky’s Global Research and Analysis Team’s Nine Security Predictions for 2015

Kaspersky Lab experts make predictions about what trends will emerge in the security industry in 2015.

  • Brian Donohue

  • December 10, 2014

  • APT

Regin APT Attacks Among the Most Sophisticated Ever Analyzed

A new APT campaign called Regin targets the usual victims plus a prestigious cryptographer and the GSM standard on which most cellular communications occur.

  • Brian Donohue

  • November 25, 2014

  • privacy

11 Unsecure Mobile and Internet Messaging Apps

The Electronic Frontier Foundation recently graded a slew of mobile and Internet messaging services based on security and privacy. Here we list the low scorers.

  • Brian Donohue

  • November 20, 2014

  • advice

The Nine Most Secure and Private Internet and Mobile Messaging Services

The Electronic Frontier Foundation recently graded a slew of mobile and Internet messaging services based on security and privacy. Here we detail the top scorers.

  • Brian Donohue

  • November 14, 2014

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