The web attack that leads hackers straight to your home
Is it possible, is there such a thing as an attack that can tell a hacker where you live? The BBC has revealed that a specially booby-trapped website can tell a hacker where you are to only a few metres.
The attack was dreamt up by security expert Sam Kamkar who demonstrated at the Black Hat hackers conference a website exploiting common shortcomings in a router to reveal it's real-world location.
Is it possible, is there such a thing as an attack that can tell a hacker where you live? The BBC has revealed that a specially booby-trapped website can tell a hacker where you are to only a few metres.
The attack was dreamt up by security expert Sam Kamkar who demonstrated at the Black Hat hackers conference a website exploiting common shortcomings in a router to reveal it's real-world location.
