Tag: John Deere
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White Hat Hacker at DefCon Jaikbreaks Tractor to Play Doom
The hacker “Sick Codes” managed to jailbreak the display/control unit of one of the John Deere Tractor models during DefCon hacking …
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Why our software has so many vulnerabilities, with Tanya Janca: Lock and Code S03E09
Less than one year ago, the worst ransomware attack in history struck dozens of organizations. Threat actors had exploited a serious flaw …
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Why we fail at getting the cybersecurity basics right, with Jess Dodson: Lock and Code S02E21
The cybersecurity basics should be just that—basic. Easy to do, agreed-upon, and adopted at a near 100 percent rate by companies and …
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Hacker Says He Found a ‘Tractorload of Vulnerabilities’ at John Deere
Led by a hacker known as Sick Codes, a group of researchers conducted a “good faith” audit of John Deere and Case New Holland and found …
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John Deere Harvests Def Con Mockery for Lax Web Security
Agricultural equipment giant John Deere left an extremely sensitive Okta-generated digital certificate on a public-facing website, …
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John Deere’s Promotional USB Drive Hijacks Your Keyboard
Tractor-maker John Deere distributed USB drives that hijacked users’ keyboards and loaded its official website onto the browser. While …
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John Deere Just Cost Farmers Their Right to Repair
The fight for our right to repair the stuff we own has suffered a huge setback. As anyone who repairs electronics knows, keeping a device …
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Tractor Hacking: Watch Our Documentary About Farmers Fighting for the Right to Repair
Proprietary software locks prevent the average farmer and mechanic from diagnosing problems with their equipment, and many parts cannot be …
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