Security News

Smart TVs are spying on you through your phone
2018-07-09 12:42

Smart TVs in millions of homes are using other devices on the same network in order to snitch on everything you watch and everywhere you go.

Are your IoT gizmos, music boxes, smart home kit vulnerable to DNS rebinding attacks? Here's how to check
2018-06-21 00:11

Fancy website, code emitted – Roku, Google, etc stuff at risk A technique for attacking computer networks, first disclosed more than a decade ago, has resurfaced as a way to manipulate...

“Unbreakable” Smart Lock Tapplock Issues Critical Security Patch
2018-06-18 20:57

Researchers were able to discover a way to hack the device in less than an hour.

The “world’s worst” smart padlock – it’s EVEN WORSE than we thought
2018-06-18 13:21

Remember last week's $99 IoT padlock that anyone could unlock in 2 seconds? Turns out you don't even need that long!

Ridiculously Insecure Smart Lock
2018-06-18 11:19

Tapplock sells an "unbreakable" Internet-connected lock that you can open with your fingerprint. It turns out that: The lock broadcasts its Bluetooth MAC address in the clear, and you can...

Some IoT smart devices are perpetually listening
2018-06-14 20:24

A new report suggests that IoT and smart devices could be eavesdropping on every word we say.

Researcher hacks smart fingerprint padlock in mere seconds
2018-06-14 12:48

The Tapplock one “smart” padlock, which received many rave reviews by tech-focused news sites and YouTubers, can be forced to open in under two seconds with a smartphone. The discovery was made by...

Podcast: How Cities Can Be Security Smart
2018-05-31 17:44

Threatpost talks to Tenable CTO Renaud Deraison about the security risks behind smart cities.

Smart cities: New threats and opportunities
2018-05-30 11:15

As smart cities integrate connected technologies to operate more efficiently and improve the quality of city services, new vulnerabilities arise that require diligent governance of municipal...

Critical RCE Flaw Discovered in Blockchain-Based EOS Smart Contract System
2018-05-29 09:48

Security researchers have discovered a severe vulnerability in EOS blockchain platform that could allow remote hackers to take complete control over the node servers that maintain the technology....