New Hacking Techniques Targeting Car Keys
by Reflare Research Team on May 14, 2021 7:22:00 PM
It has been proven that hackers can communicate with the encrypted logic of a car's key fob to force it to unlock vehicles. What's more, these keys can be cloned and duplicated using off-the-shelf equipment, allowing anyone to open and drive a vehicle without the keys or validating au …
What is 00153random02009d?
by Reflare Research Team on May 12, 2021 7:16:00 PM
The usefulness of randomness is obvious. However, the probabilistic nature of computers limits their usefulness with the concept. Subsequently, you would reasonably assume that a body like the gambling industry would understand such limitations, but apparently not.
Hacking the Radio, and Other Analogue Vulnerabilities
by Reflare Research Team on May 11, 2021 7:09:00 PM
If the signal from your favourite radio station isn’t streaming smoothly to your dial, it may be malicious interference from someone who doesn’t appreciate the program you’re trying to listen to. That’s exactly what happened recently to a number of stations around the world where an i …
Reflare presents with Deloitte at Blackhat
by Reflare Research Team on May 9, 2021 5:05:00 PM
The results presented in this study explored the inherent correlation biases found in widely used computer vision models, which were leveraged to create images that these systems failed to interpret correctly. First Published 9th May 2021 The reversing engineer. 3 min read | 27 min vi …
Even More Evidence to Show Us the Dangers of Poorly Designed Smart Devices
by Reflare Research Team on May 7, 2021 6:09:00 PM
The increasing scale and flexibility of DDoS attacks should be a wake-up call for IoT manufacturers as such breaches become more prevalent in both consumer and industrial automation systems. But who will be able to resolve the challenge of providing security for these devices as they …
Russia Envisions a More Closed Internet
by Reflare Research Team on Feb 18, 2019 5:08:00 PM
Russian bill No. 571793-6, which is also called Доктрина демократического развития интернета (the Digital Economy National Program), or “ДНП” for short would increase the government’s ability "flick the switch." First Published 18th February 2019 The frameworks for geographically-base …
The Risks Applications Face From Central Package Repositories
by Reflare Research Team on Jan 25, 2019 5:05:00 PM
When developer teams use a central place for sharing their applications or libraries of code, they open themselves to the risk that attackers might get in. And once in, malware can be implanted and distributed with ease. First Published 25th January 2019 Where are you keeping your pac …
Updates on Supply Chain Level Backdoors and Magecart
by Reflare Research Team on Oct 12, 2018 3:29:00 PM
It appears that the supply chain level backdoor has been thought of as a viable business model for quite some time. And now people (and governments) are asking the pointy questions. First Published 12th October 2018 For a nostalgic feel, Supermicro's latest quantum prototype comes in …
Reddit's Hack & The Risks of Phone-Based 2-Factor Authentication
by Reflare Research Team on Aug 6, 2018 3:11:00 PM
While it is clear that the 2FA implementation was not at fault here, there are significant risks associated with phone based 2FA that warrant serious consideration before you make this type of authentication method available to users. First Published 6th August 2018 r/LetsHackReddit 4 …
Dealing with the Increasingly Severe Cyber-Threat Landscape
by Reflare Research Team on Jul 27, 2018 3:08:00 PM
The severity of cyber attacks has increased at a rapid pace over the past several years. No longer is it just large companies that need to secure themselves from malicious actors; individual users now must consider how they can protect themselves too. First Published 27th July 2018 Th …