case, a computer worm designed to attack industrial programmable logic controllers (PLCs), which damaged Iranian nuclear facilities in 2010. Authentic Tools : Unlike many Hollywood "hacking" depictions,
featured actual terminal commands and realistic tools , such as using a USB drive for social engineering and analyzing malware in a hex editor [17, 18]. blackhat.2015
Zimperium researchers dropped a bomb: A vulnerability in Android’s media library (Stagefright) allowed an attacker to compromise an Android phone via a single MMS message. The victim didn't need to click a link or download a file. They just needed to receive a text. case, a computer worm designed to attack industrial
Though not the headline, 2015 was the year the security community realized healthcare was an easy target. Researchers demonstrated that hospital drug infusion pumps (like the Hospira PCA LifeCare pump) could be remotely controlled by an attacker without authentication. The victim didn't need to click a link or download a file