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Eight vulnerabilities would allow a range of attacker activities, including taking the Nest camera offline, sniffing out network information and device hijacking.
It's more of a “post-purchase middle finger” to customers than a privacy plus, say some outraged users who use the cams to catch crooks.
Google says it's fixed the issue, but we haven't heard details on how many, and which, products were affected.
Google said Wednesday it forgot to mention that it included a microphone in its Nest Secure home alarm system, the latest privacy flub by one of the tech industry’s leading collectors of personal...
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Yet another family unnerved by yet another voice coming from a nursery webcam serves as yet another argument against password reuse.
A hacked Nest camera broadcast the fake warning about incoming North Korean missiles, sending a family into “five minutes of sheer terror.”
Nest urged owners of its security cameras Tuesday to use enhanced authentication to thwart hackers, after one terrified a family with a hoax nuclear missile attack. read more
Nest's advice to its users gets a thumbs-up from the Online Trust Alliance.
Cisco Warns Of Dangers of Running Vulnerable Web ApplicationsThe Gandcrab ransomware has been a moving target. Since it was discovered in January, it quickly became one of the most widely...