Smart-grid hackers could cause blackouts – Deployments of smart grids should be slowed until security vulnerabilities are addressed, according to some cybersecurity experts, citing tests showing that a hacker can cause a major blackout after breaking into a smart-grid system.
Sniffing keystrokes via laser and keyboard power – Presenters at the CanSecWest security conference detailed on Thursday how they can sniff data by analyzing keystroke vibrations using a laser trained on a shiny laptop, or through electrical signals coming from a PC connected to a PS/2 keyboard and plugged into a socket.
People are still the biggest security vulnerability – There is an old saying in the security world stating that people are the weakest link in the security chain. Here is a bit of data that reinforces this ancient security adage.
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