Security News

Flaws Open Telepresence Robots to Prying Eyes
2018-10-18 18:22

Vulnerabilities in telepresence robots could provide an attacker not only with command execution capabilities, but also with access to a live video stream from the device, Zingbox reports. read more

Facebook’s robot coders step into the future of programming
2018-09-17 11:14

Like a good junior programmer, Facebook's AI is cutting its teeth with a bit of bug fixing.

Hacktivist Drama 'Mr. Robot' to End With 4th Season in 2019
2018-08-29 19:30

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The hacktivist thriller "Mr. Robot" is coming to an end. USA Network said Wednesday the drama series starring Emmy Award-winner Rami Malek will air its fourth and final season...

15,000-strong army of Twitter robots  found spreading cryptocurrency spam
2018-08-10 12:29

Researchers unearthed an army of 150,000 robot Twitter accounts plying a cryptocurrency scam.

Hacking a Robot Vacuum
2018-07-31 11:40

The Diqee 360 robotic vacuum cleaner can be turned into a surveillance device. The attack requires physical access to the device, so in the scheme of things it's not a big deal. But why in the...

IoT Robot Vacuum Vulnerabilities Let Hackers Spy on Victims
2018-07-19 18:55

Two vulnerabilities were discovered on Dongguan Diqee-branded vacuum cleaners, Thursday.

SoftBank invested 'almost nothing' in Pepper robot security, creating huge business risk
2018-05-29 13:15

Researchers claim that Pepper was commercialized before it was ready, and that 'the manufacturer extensively neglected any sort of security assessments.'

Softbank's 'Pepper' robot is a security joke
2018-05-29 00:29

Big-in-Japan 'bot offers root access through hard-coded password and worse bugs too Softbank's popular anthropomorphic robot, Pepper, has myriad security holes according to research published by...

Friday Squid Blogging: US Army Developing 3D-Printable Battlefield Robot Squid
2018-05-04 21:18

The next major war will be super weird. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven't covered. Read my blog posting guidelines here....

Regulus Cyber Aims to Secure Cars, Robots With $6.3 Million Funding
2018-05-02 15:01

Regulus Cyber emerged from stealth mode this week with $6.3 million in funding and a solution designed to protect sensors, communications and data in autonomous cars and trucks, robots and drones....