Security News

Attackers continue to enhance their performance, apply smart business techniques
2019-02-28 06:30

During the second half of 2018, attackers bulked up existing tactics, rapidly evolvied new performance enhancements, and applied smart business techniques to vastly accelerate attack growth rate,...

Smart Watch Recalled in Europe Over Privacy Risks
2019-02-05 15:52

The European Commission (EC) has ordered the recall of a children's smart watch: the ENOX Safe-Kid-One, manufactured in Germany. It had received a complaint from Iceland's consumer protection...

You got a smart speaker but you're worried about privacy. First off, why'd you buy one? Secondly, check out Project Alias
2019-02-01 09:44

Gizmo deafens eavesdroppers, and you can build one yourself Project Alias is a homebrew gizmo that aims to deafen Alexa and Google Home until a user is good and ready for the creepy little...

Personal data slurped in Airbus hack – but firm's industrial smarts could be what crooks are after
2019-01-31 13:13

Advanced composites, Eurofighter... lots of goodies ripe for espionage Comment Airbus has admitted that a "cyber incident" resulted in unidentified people getting their hands on "professional...

Security Analysis of the LIFX Smart Light Bulb
2019-01-30 16:00

The security is terrible: In a very short limited amount of time, three vulnerabilities have been discovered: Wifi credentials of the user have been recovered (stored in plaintext into the flash...

Dynatrace opens its AIOps solution to third parties for smart autonomous cloud management
2019-01-30 02:30

Dynatrace, released the next generation of its Artificial Intelligence, Davis, now powered by new and enhanced algorithms, and an ability to ingest data and events from third-party solutions....

Smart building security flaws leave schools, hospitals at risk
2019-01-15 19:00

Vendors of smart building hardware issued updates to products without disclosing that vulnerabilities were patched, leading security systems for schools and hospitals to be accessible via the web.

Researchers Create PoC Malware for Hacking Smart Buildings
2019-01-15 18:13

Researchers at IoT security company ForeScout have created a piece of malware to demonstrate how malicious actors could remotely hack into smart buildings. read more

CES 2019: How Winston can protect consumers and smart offices from identity thieves
2019-01-10 16:45

Winston is an online privacy device that sits between a modem and router to protect the user's online browsing and identity.

How Winston can protect consumers and smart offices from identity thieves
2019-01-09 21:22

Winston is an online privacy device that sits between a modem and router to protect the user's online browsing and identity.