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US hacker admits hijacking flight control systems and engine

May 17, 2015

A security researcher, Chris Roberts, claimed that in between the year 2012 and 2014 he was able to hijack nearly 15 to 20 flights using the in-flight entertain systems. Connecting a computer to find the net...

‘Shell Shock’ bug to harm UNIX machines

Abby Smith

Sep 25, 2014

Innovation

Researchers have found a new bug in the UNIX-like operating systems, including Linux and Mac OS X, which can allow the injection and execution of an arbitrary code onto the system. The vulnerability is mostly a...

New Zero-day threat discovered in IE, hackers already exploiting

Jayaram Pawar

Apr 28, 2014

Innovation

Even though the world shies away from the (in)famous Internet Explorer, hackers have time and again proved their fondness for the browser as the IE has been subject to multiple exploits & attacks by the hac...

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