by Web Max Labs | Feb 14, 2017 | News
By Brian Krebs, Security Researcher A few years back, when I was a reporter at The Washington Post, I put together a chart listing the various ways that miscreants can monetize hacked PCs. The project was designed to explain simply and visually to the sort of computer...
by Web Max Labs | Feb 10, 2017 | News
1. SQL It’s no surprise SQL (pronounced ‘sequel’) tops the job list since it can be found far and wide in various flavors. Database technologies such as MySQL, PostgreSQL and Microsoft SQL Server power big businesses, small businesses, hospitals, banks,...
by Web Max Labs | Feb 7, 2017 | News
Fear sells in the computer security business. And in late 2015 Massachusetts-based Security Innovation got an unexpected boost from one of the scariest organizations around—the National Security Agency. For six years the company had been trying to create a new revenue...
by Web Max Labs | Jan 11, 2017 | News
Voice interfaces are becoming more ubiquitous and are now the primary input method for many devices. We explore in this paper how they can be attacked with hidden voice commands that are unintelligible to human listeners but which are interpreted as commands by...
by Web Max Labs | Jan 10, 2017 | News
You might want to upgrade the firmware of your router if it happens to sport the Netgear brand. Researchers have discovered a severe security hole that potentially puts hundreds of thousands of Netgear devices at risk. Disclosed by cybersecurity firm Trustwave, the...
