Tag Archives for threat
Slamming 911 Lines
A Hayward man was taken into custody on charges Wednesday that he clogged 911 lines with thousands of phony phone calls. -Shlok Sign up for my newsletter.
Social Engineering Emergency Responders
ThreatLevel: An example of leveraging open social systems to collect intelligence from people who are generally not trained for INFOSEC and usually don’t think in terms of security: Someone is staging social engineerings attacks against emergency responders in a mysterious … Continue reading
Viral WiFi Attack
Interesting paper (PDF). Based on the premise that home WiFi routers are less likely to be protected, always on, and lack third party security software, researchers: Mapped real networks in Chicago, Boston, New York City, the San Fransisco Bay area, Seattle, … Continue reading
Spoofing Cisco Products to Air Traffic Control
Ouch: The men are charged with importing cartons full of phony stickers with the Cisco Systems logo and attaching the stickers to imitation computer components. They are also accused of importing empty boxes with Cisco logos to package the equipment … Continue reading