Report on GPS Spoofing

Bruce Schneier reports here on apparent incidents of GPS spoofing. GPS spoofing creates concerns for both safety and security.

New Bluetooth Vulnerability

Extremetech reports here on a new Bluetooth vulnerability. This vulnerability does not require pairing and can be exploited under a wide variety of conditions.  It provides a serious breach, for example bridging air gaps.

Qualcomm V2X Chip

Extremetech reports here on a new cellular-based vehicle-to-everything chip from Qualcomm.

Symantec Report on Attacks on Energy Companies

Tom's Hardware reports here on information-gathering attacks on energy companies in the U. S., Turkey, and Switzerland. It attributes these attacks to Dragonfly.

Sonos Changes Its Privacy Policy

Extremetech reports here on changes by Sonos to the privacy policy for its wireless home audio devices.

Hacker Attack on New York Hospital

CBS News reports here on an attack on Erie County Medical Center which disabled the trauma center's computer system for six weeks.

Report on Pulse Wave DDoS Attacks

Tomshardware reports here on a new type of distributed denial-of-service attack known as a pulse wave. The attack pattern consists of alternating bursts of traffic and inactivity. This style of attack has several advantages: it requires fewer resources and allows the attacker to target multiple sites; it is effective against appliance first/cloud second mitigation techniques.