The US Department of Homeland Security has unveiled a dog-like robot that it says has been adapted to jam the connectivity of smart home devices.Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
The UK Government takes aim at IoT devices shipping with weak or default passwords, an identity thief spends two years in jail after being mistaken for the person who stole his name, and are you au fait with the latest scams?All this and much more is discussed in the latest edition of the “Smashing Security” podcast by cybersecurity veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault, joined this week by Paul Ducklin.
A simple-to-avoid security flaw allowed unauthorised parties to track the location of anyone wearing Livall ski and biking helmets, and listen to group conversations.Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
We thought it was all over... but a Swiss newspaper has come out fighting, blaming Fortinet for spreading untruths about a toothbrush botnet.Will Fortinet return for Round 4, or is this a knockout punch?
After hundreds of media outlets worldwide repeated the false claim that a botnet of three million toothbrushes attacked a Swiss company, the cybersecurity firm at the centre of the story has now issued a statement.
AI news is bad news, an online service to catch your cheating partner, and an IoT-enabled dick cage fails to keep a grip on its own security.All this and much much more is discussed in the latest edition of the "Smashing Security" podcast by cybersecurity veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault, joined this week by Mark Stockley.Plus don't miss our featured interview with Alex Lawrence, principal security architect at Sysdig.
Businesses should patch their TP-Link routers as soon as possible, after the revelation that a legendary IoT botnet is targeting them for recruitment.Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.
Hacker can remotely open or close garage doors, seize control of alarms, and switch on (or switch off) customers' "smart" plugs due to vulnerabilities in Nexx products.