A researcher who wrote a program to include the "fingerprints" of collecting SSH keys watched curiously when he found one fingerprint on over 250,000 devices. It turned out to routers of the Spanish telecommunications provider Telefonica de Espana.
Some network would default SSH feature, which the manufacturer decides to roll out the same operating system image on all devices. Researcher John Matherly , founder of the Shodan search engine, also found two keys that 200,000 and 150,000 times were used, respectively.
"By analyzing these cases it is easy to get a picture of the systemic problems both hardware manufacturers and ISPs pests," said Matherly. He has a list of unique fingerprints collected offers now via Github to. "It would not surprise me if you find interesting security problems by analyzing why these things are configured incorrectly," he notes.
The FBI has launched a campaign to recruit more technical skills, such as computer scientists, IT specialists and engineers. According to the investigation department is investigating hacked websites, cyber intrusions, data theft, botnets, and DoS attacks a top priority and there are more cyber cops needed to keep pace with developments.
Bank robberies are an example of how the landscape has changed, so the FBI says. Traditional agents would protect the crime scene, interview witnesses and collects evidence such as fingerprints and video recordings. However, if money is stolen online is needed a different approach, such as requesting firewall logs and forensic copies of hard disks.
Important requirements to become a cyber cop enduring screening and fitness test and should agents are at least 23 and up to 37 years. Furthermore, it is searching for experience in computers and technology, with backgrounds in programming and security, database management, malware analysis, digital forensics and ethical hacking preferred. In announcing let the FBI know that especially the type and extent of investigations, teamwork and camaraderie are things that no one else can offer. Cyber Agents can the FBI a salary of between 59,000 and earn $ 76,000 per year, according to the vacancy.
A hacker by the German Chaos Computer Club (CCC) has managed to get a fingerprint of German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen, with no physical objects were used Von der Leyen had touched.
Recent years has been shown several times that fingerprints are easy to steal objects that are touched by a person, such as a glass or a smartphone. During the CCC hacker conference in Hamburg showed hacker "Starbug" yesterday to see how with just a regular camera, the fingerprint of the defense minister was able to capture. The print could be used for biometric authentication.
"After this presentation, politicians if they publicly speak probably wear gloves," Starbug let know . The hacker demonstrated during his presentation also different ways to bypass fingerprint systems. In 2013, he already knew the biometric security of Apple's TouchID defeat .
