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Schneier on Security
AUGUST 20, 2024
This is yet another insecure Internet-of-things story , this one about wireless gear shifters for bicycles. These gear shifters are used in big-money professional bicycle races like the Tour de France, which provides an incentive to actually implement this attack. Research paper. Another news story. Slashdot thread.
Krebs on Security
FEBRUARY 28, 2020
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today proposed fines of more than $200 million against the nation’s four largest wireless carriers for selling access to their customers’ location information without taking adequate precautions to prevent unauthorized access to that data. ” Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.),
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Krebs on Security
APRIL 29, 2024
In February 2020, the FCC put all four wireless providers on notice that their practices of sharing access to customer location data were likely violating the law. For example, $47 million is less than one percent of Verizon’s total wireless service revenue in 2023, which was nearly $77 billion.
Krebs on Security
AUGUST 7, 2019
Corrupt wireless company employees taking hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes to unlock and hijack mobile phone service. Wireless providers selling real-time customer location data, despite repeated promises to the contrary. Incessantly annoying and fraudulent robocalls. AT&T in particular has had a rough month.
Security Affairs
DECEMBER 19, 2024
Fortinet warned of a now-patched Wireless LAN Manager (FortiWLM) vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-34990 (CVSS score of 9.6), that could lead to admin access and sensitive information disclosure. Fortinet warns of a patched FortiWLM vulnerability that could allow admin access and sensitive information disclosure.
Schneier on Security
NOVEMBER 7, 2018
As part of that, it's reviewing wireless home-security cameras. Consumer Reports is starting to evaluate the security of IoT devices. It found significant security vulnerabilities in D-Link cameras: In contrast, D-Link doesn't store video from the DCS-2630L in the cloud.
Penetration Testing
AUGUST 18, 2024
Researchers from the University of California, San Diego, and Northeastern University have uncovered a potential vulnerability in wireless gear-shifting tools used by professional cyclists.
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