The 10 scariest hacks from Black Hat and Defcon
Researchers showed all manner of serious attacks on everything from browsers to automobiles
By Tim Greene | Network World
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Hack week in Vegas
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Siemens S7 hack
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VoIP botnet control
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Powerline device takeover
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Hacker drone
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Car hijack via phone networks
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Hack faces to find Social Security numbers
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Remotely shut down insulin pumps
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Embedded Web server menace
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Spreading false router tables
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SAP flaw
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Hack week in Vegas
During the Black Hat and Defcon conferences in Las Vegas this month, researchers wheeled out their best new attacks on everything from browsers to automobiles, demonstrating ingenuity and diligence in circumventing security efforts or in some cases in exploiting systems that were built without security in mind. Here's a handful of the ones that deserve the most concern.
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