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Hacker Set To Demonstrate 60 Second Brinks Safe Hack At DEFCON

Posted by samzenpus on from the thunderbolt-and-lightfoot dept.

darthcamaro writes: Ok so we know that Chrysler cars will be hacked at Black Hat, Android will be hacked at DEFCON with Stagefright, and now word has come out that a pair of security researchers plan on bringing a Brinks safe onstage at DEFCON to demonstrate how it can be digitally hacked. No this isn't some kind of lockpick, but rather a digital hack, abusing the safe's exposed USB port. And oh yeah, it doesn't hurt that the new safe is running Windows XP either.

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  1. Re:Seriously! by oobayly · · Score: 5, Interesting

    This was my immediate thought too. Dave on eevblog did two videos on seeing if there was a power line vulnerability on a cheap digital safe - they're pretty interesting, plus he's quite amusing to watch.

    EEVblog #762 - How Secure Are Electronic Safe Locks?
    EEVblog #771 - Electronic Safe Lock Powerline Attack Part 2