March 24, 2020

Russia’s FSB wanted its own IoT botnet

If you thought the Mirai botnet was bad, what about a version under the control of Russia's military that it could point like an electronic cannon at people it didn't like?

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March 02, 2020

Ironpie robot vacuum can suck up your privacy

You might want to unplug this not-so-smart robot: researchers found they can watch video streams piped out from its security camera.

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February 20, 2020

Ring makes 2FA mandatory to keep hackers out of your doorbell account

Amazon is following Google's lead by forcing all users to use two-factor authentication when logging into their Ring accounts.

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December 17, 2019

Researchers discover weakness in IoT digital certificates

IoT devices are using weak digital certificates that could expose them to attack, according to a study released over the weekend.

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November 28, 2019

Kids’ smartwatch security tracker can be hacked by anyone

For researchers at testing outfit AV-Test, the SMA M2 kids’ smartwatch is just the tip of an iceberg of terrible security.

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August 21, 2019

Google patches 8 security holes in Nest cameras

The list of vulnerabilities recently discovered by researchers relate to one model, the Nest Cam IQ Indoor camera.

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August 01, 2019

Researchers hack camera in fake video attack

Tampering with surveillance cameras is a common activity for Hollywood heroes and criminals alike. Now, researchers have shown how they can do it in real life.

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July 31, 2019

‘Urgent/11’ flaws affect 200 million devices – from routers to elevators

There are 11 security flaws affecting VxWorks: “the most widely used operating system you may never have heard about”.

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July 31, 2019

Cyberattacks on connected cars could gridlock entire cities

It would require taking over and stranding 20% of a city's cars to freeze traffic, and only 10% to impede ambulances, physicists calculate.

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