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To: maggief; hoosiermama
http://www.crn.com/news/security/240159013/white-hat-hacker-barnaby-jack-dies.htm
Jack most recently was the director of embedded security research at IOActive. He had worked in the security industry for more than a decade, serving in various roles at McAfee, Juniper Networks (NSDQ:JNPR), eEye digital Security and FoundStone.
FoundStone. That sounds recently familiar. (??)
Jack later turned his focus to hacking automobile systems and electronic medical devices, showing how small systems and components that run critical processes can be used by an attacker to cause serious damage or death.
Interesting.
63 posted on 07/26/2013 2:04:56 PM PDT by Nita Nupress ( Use your mind, not your emotions. Refuse to be manipulated by Marxists!)
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To: maggief; hoosiermama

McAfee puts Barnaby Jack on car-jacking hackers’ case • The Register
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/08/21/mcafee_car_hacking/

Aug 21, 2012 ... McAfee has put together an elite team of researchers to investigate how to go about protecting car systems from next-generation hacking ...


64 posted on 07/26/2013 2:07:53 PM PDT by Nita Nupress ( Use your mind, not your emotions. Refuse to be manipulated by Marxists!)
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