Traffic Lights are Dangerously Easy to Hack
Econolite’s traffic lights are used in 100,000 U.S. and Canadian intersections, although it’s unclear if all of those systems are susceptible to hacking. The problem extends beyond just Econolite — the U.S. traffic light communications standard, called “NTCIP 1202,” is present in all modern signal systems. They can all be hacked if cities don’t change […]
Traffic lights are dangerously easy to hack
Apple Issues Fix for Security Risk
Without the patch, a hacker could be what experts call a man-in-the-middle — it’s like a game of Telephone you don’t even know you’re playing. “Alice wants to communicate securely with Bob,” explained Nathan Sportsman, a mobile security expert and CEO of Praetorian. But Eve, a hacker, uses this vulnerability to put herself between the […]