Security News

Samsung’s smart home platform flaws let attackers fiddle with your doors (Help Net Security)
2016-05-03 20:39

Researchers have managed to exploit design flaws in the Samsung SmartThings smart home programming platform and successfully mount a series of attacks that could result in smart homes being...

Vulnerabilities in Samsung's SmartThings (Schneier on Security)
2016-05-02 14:01

Interesting research: Earlence Fernandes, Jaeyeon Jung, and Atul Prakash, "Security Analysis of Emerging Smart Home Applications": Abstract: Recently, several competing smart home programming...

Samsung Galaxy devices can be made to make calls, send messages while locked (Help Net Security)
2016-04-13 17:40

Half a dozen (and possibly even more) Samsung Galaxy phones can be made to place phone calls or send text messages even when they are locked, thanks to exposed USB modems. Researchers Roberto...