Security News

What’s the Matter with digital trust in smart home devices?
2022-12-06 05:30

With so many manufacturers and devices to choose from, the smart home landscape is often a mishmash of support and usability. Simply put, until now, the lack of a unifying standard among various smart home technology standards made using devices together complicated and difficult.

Sirius XM flaw unlocks so-called smart cars thanks to code flaw
2022-11-30 23:30

Sirius XM's Connected Vehicle Services has fixed an authorization flaw that would have allowed an attacker to remotely unlock doors and start engines on connected cars knowing only the vehicle identification number. Yuga Labs' Sam Curry detailed the exploit in a series of tweets, and confirmed that the patch issued by SiriusXM fixed the security issue.

President Biden still wants his cybersecurity labels on those smart devices
2022-10-20 09:30

The administration's efforts were unveiled at a Wednesday meeting attended by US deputy national security advisor for cyber and emerging technology Anne Neuberger, Federal Communications Commission chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel, national cyber director Chris Inglis, and representatives from telcos and other tech companies including Google, AT&T, Cisco, Intel, Samsung and more. The IoT industry still lacks a global harmonized way for measuring the security quality of connected products, which means consumers may not have the visibility they need into whether their IoT devices protect their data.

Smart buildings may be your cybersecurity downfall
2022-10-14 03:30

Today's smart buildings have numerous systems and interconnections. The use of insecure industrial protocols is another vulnerability that attackers take advantage of to disrupt smart buildings operations.

Samsung unveils latest features for smartphones, smart devices and Galaxy Watch
2022-10-13 20:00

At the Samsung Developer Conference 2022, the company also discussed its plans for personalized experiences, security and privacy. The post Samsung unveils latest features for smartphones, smart...

Don’t lose control of your smart thermostat this winter
2022-10-12 03:30

Smart thermostats present a rare chance to tackle energy conservation and cost reduction at the same time - but users must ensure they have ultimate control of the device. If smart thermostats reach every home with heating, ventilation, and air conditioning by 2026, annual space heating and cooling energy consumption could be cut by 45 terawatt-hours or 9%. Such a saving would be the equivalent of the total energy used by the state of Mississippi in 2020.

Make your neighbor think their house is haunted by blinking their Ikea smart bulbs
2022-10-08 08:08

A couple of vulnerabilities in Ikea smart lighting systems can be exploited to make lights annoyingly flicker for hours. Jonathan Knudsen, head of global research at Synopsys Cybersecurity Research Center, led a team that discovered the vulnerabilities by fuzzing Ikea's Tradfri bulbs and their gateway via Zigbee Light Link, the wireless protocol the devices use to communicate and receive commands.

Tackling the weaknesses of smart buildings’ technology
2022-10-07 03:30

Like any other innovation, the integration of IoT technology in smart buildings will bring benefits as well as more and newer risks. The market for smart building technologies continues to grow at even faster rates.

Assessing the state of the internet to make smart security decisions
2022-10-05 04:30

The internet constantly changes as new technologies are developed, and vulnerabilities are discovered. At the same time, organizations expand their operations that interact with the Internet.

Tackling the weaknesses of smart buildings’ technology
2022-09-23 04:00

Like any other innovation, the integration of IoT technology in smart buildings will bring benefits as well as more and newer risks. The market for smart building technologies continues to grow at even faster rates.