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Researchers have uncovered a new attack that lets bad actors snoop in on homeowners' private conversations - through their robot vacuums. The attack, called "LidarPhone" by researchers, in particular targets vacuums with LiDAR sensors, as the name suggests.
By generating powerful streams of water, UCSD's squid-like robot can swim untethered. The "Squidbot" carries its own power source, and has the room to hold more, including a sensor or camera for underwater exploration.
Researchers at the Polytechnic University of Milan and cybersecurity firm Trend Micro have analyzed some of the most popular industrial programming languages and showed how they can open the door to attacks against robots and other programmable manufacturing machines. The researchers analyzed programming languages from ABB, Comau, Denso, Fanuc, Kawasaki, Kuka, Mitsubishi, and Universal Robots, which can be used to create custom applications that enable industrial robots to carry out complex automation routines.
According to its maker, Trifo, the Ironpie home surveillance robot vacuum isn't just your dust bunnies' worst nightmare. It's true, the artificial intelligence -enhanced internet of things robot vacuum can indeed be connected to the internet via Wi-Fi, can be controlled remotely for vacuuming, and can remotely stream out video showing its surroundings, given that - like other IoT gadgets - it comes equipped with a video camera.
Unlike Elliot, real-world adversaries don’t have lofty ideals nor do they suffer crises of conscience.
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From hacking hotel room robots to crackdowns on stalkerware apps, Threatpost editors break down this week's top news stories.
Japan's Henn na Hotel says it's "modified" the bots so pervs can't exploit the ability to run unsigned code and spy on future guests.
An unsecured NFC tag opens a door to trivial exploitation of robots inside Japanese hotels.
Can we at least turn the thing around before we... y'know? Japanese hotel chain HIS Group has apologised for ignoring warnings that its in-room robots were hackable to allow pervs to remotely view...