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During the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas, USA, the security researcher Charlie Miller presented a method for compromising the batteries that are shipped with several of Apple's Mac computers.
In its latest escapade, global hacker collective Anonymous claimed to release 10 GB of stolen data from more than 70 rural sheriff’s departments across the country (USA), leaking sensitive information that could compromise the agencies' investigations. The data, which Anonymous hackers posted to Pastebin.com, was sourced to 76 law enforcement agencies’ Web sites in 11 states, including Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri and Mississippi. Most of the Web sites were hosted by Arkansas-based online marketing firm Brooks-Jeffrey Marketing.
Type 1 diabetics relying on radio frequency transmitting devices for monitoring and dispensing insulin might have one more thing to worry about -- the life-saving medical devices contain vulnerabilities that give potential attackers the ability to end their lives.
