Security News

uCloudlink signs agreement with CVITC to develop smart container solutions powered by Cloud SIM
2021-01-20 00:30

The partnership will see both companies develop innovative smart container solutions for domestic and international freight markets powered by uCloudlink's core patented Cloud SIM technology which accelerates the development of the global container transportation industry. Under the Agreement, uCloudlink will provide CVITC customers with technological platforms such as container sharing operation, transport capacity e-commerce, and truck drop and haul e-operation platforms for domestic and cross-border transportation.

Lenovo ThinkReality A3: Lightweight smart glasses delivering intelligent transformation in business
2021-01-12 02:00

Lenovo introduced the ThinkReality A3 lightweight smart glasses. One of the most advanced and versatile enterprise smart glasses to come to market, the ThinkReality A3 is part of a comprehensive digital solutions offering to deliver intelligent transformation in business and bring smarter technology to more people.

Swatters hijack smart home devices to watch emergency responders
2020-12-29 14:29

In a recent spate of swatting attacks, perpetrators have hijacked smart gadgets to watch or live stream the bad joke unfolding and engage the responding officers. Swatting originates from prank calls to emergency services.

Smart Doorbell Disaster: Many Brands Vulnerable to Attack
2020-12-21 21:35

That fresh assessment comes from NCC Group, which published a report last week outlining "Domestic IoT nightmares." In partnership with the publication Which?, it assessed smart doorbell models made by three vendors Victure, Qihoo and Accfly along with white-box offerings from three additional doorbell makers. Smart doorbells lead the charge when it came to a 33 percent increase in smart home gadgets flooding U.S homes in 2020, according to Hub Entertainment Research.

NETSCOUT extends its Smart Perimeter Protection to AWS
2020-12-17 02:30

NETSCOUT announced the extension of its Smart Perimeter Protection to AWS. The combination of NETSCOUT's Cyber Investigator and CyberStream software with new AWS packet access services helps contain costs and achieve better efficiencies in mitigating novel security threats as enterprises move applications to the cloud. As the threat surface expands, the solution uses packet data and powerful cyber analytics to get to the root cause of cybersecurity issues quickly.

HD-PLC Alliance to create the IEEE P1901b standard for using HD-PLC in smart grids and factories
2020-11-30 01:30

HD-PLC Alliance has started standardization work that will allow the use of enhanced network security functions, with the aim of using High-Definition Power Line Communication technology in the fields of smart grids and distributed power management. The IEEE Standards Association established a new project called IEEE P1901b in September this year to create specifications for this purpose, and held the first working group meeting this month.

Smart Doorbells on Amazon, eBay, Harbor Serious Security Issues
2020-11-24 17:46

Matt Lewis, with NCC Group, talks to Threatpost about a slew of security and privacy issues found in smart doorbells that are being sold on Amazon and eBay. Researchers have found serious security and privacy issues in 11 different smart doorbells, distributed via online marketplaces like Amazon and eBay, which could be exploited by attackers to physically switch off the devices.

Hands on with Microsoft Edge's Smart Copy feature for tabular data
2020-11-24 12:20

Microsoft Edge is now testing a new feature that lets you copy tabular data and groups of items into the Windows clipboard for easy pasting into other apps. In the Microsoft Edge Canary builds, you can now enable the Smart Copy feature using the 'CTRL+Shift+X' keyboard combination.

Hands on with Microsoft Edge's new Smart Copy feature
2020-11-24 12:20

Microsoft Edge is now testing a new feature that lets you copy tabular data and groups of items into the Windows clipboard for easy pasting into other apps. In the Microsoft Edge Canary builds, you can now enable the Smart Copy feature using the 'CTRL+Shift+X' keyboard combination.

Lax Security Exposes Smart-Irrigation Systems to Attack Across the Globe
2020-10-27 21:43

More than 100 smart-irrigation systems deployed across the globe were installed without changing the factory's default, passwordless setting, leaving them vulnerable to malicious attacks, according to recent findings from Israeli security research firm Security Joes. Recently, its researchers discovered that 55 irrigation systems within Israel were visible on the open internet without password protections.