Richard Mu

My article is about how security researcher, Mark Barnes, was able to find a vulnerability in the Amazon Echo models 2015/2016. Barnes was able to gain root access with the diagnostic pads that were on the bottom of the devices and installed his own software to create a man in the middle with the user and Amazon. The software that was installed…[Read more]

I believe that this is considered as a hack. Although it might not be considered as a hack in the technical sense of using software and computers to break into systems, it is a form of attack by exploiting or social engineering. According to the report, “controls around the process of changing vendor banking information were inadequate.” With…[Read more]