Wednesday, January 16
TOP STORY
ForeScout researchers were able to carry out a successful targeted attack on building-automation devices with a budget of only $11,000. What could a well-funded APT do with 100 times that amount? One silver lining, ForeScout commented that the vendors collaborated closely with them to address the issues.
TWEET OF THE DAY
No, the web archive is not a good substitute for working government agencies. - @matthew_d_green
OTHER ARTICLES WE’RE READING
The Atlantic chronicles the story of how spyware helped bring down El Chapo. Be kind to your IT people, people.
Hacking Jenkins Part 1 - Play with Dynamic Routing by Orange Tsai
Some US cyber news, check out a good synopsis from Politico about the new AG appointee’s comments to Senate Judiciary hearing regarding cybersecurity. Also, a new US House bill H.R. 247 (116) would codify the federal CIO and federal chief information security officer into law. The role would be by presidential appointee.
Pretty cool tech: Startup Wiliot developing a bluetooth chip that doesn’t need a battery because it harvests energy from the air. Hopefully they read this.
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The main message is that this is something that can be done easily and is not even that expensive.
Elisa Costante, a senior director at ForeScout Technologies on building automation tech hacking
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