Security News

uKnowKids child tracker firm in row with security researcher (ZDNet)
2016-02-23 14:25

Child Tracker App Leaks 6.8 Million Texts, 1.8 Million Photos From Kids' Phones, Claims Researcher (Forbes)
2016-02-22 19:10

Wearable Warning: IEEE Highlights Top Security Risks For Fitness Trackers (Threatpost)
2016-02-17 19:31

An IEEE report exposes vulnerabilities in wearables such as fitness trackers, which are susceptible to a number of attacks.

Fitbit trackers can easily be infected with malware, and spread it on (Help Net Security)
2015-10-22 08:14

Security researcher Axelle Apvrille has managed to deliver malware to a FitBit Flex fitness tracker, and to spread the infection to any computer that the device is subsequently connected to. She to...

Verizon lets users opt-out of controversial code tracker, will share data with AOL (SC Magazine)
2015-10-09 13:28

Spoofing Fitness Trackers (Schneier on Security)
2015-09-30 17:02

The website Unfitbits.com has a series of instructional videos on how to spoof fitness trackers, using such things as a metronome, pendulum, or power drill. With insurance companies like John...

Privacy issues spur torrent trackers to ban Windows 10 users (SC Magazine)
2015-08-25 19:53

BitTorrent tracker blocks Windows 10 users (ZDNet)
2015-08-24 20:53

Vulnerabilities in OBD2 insurance trackers dongles (Reddit)
2015-08-12 22:23

Misfits in Vietnam: Creating the next fitness trackers (pictures) (CNET)
2015-07-29 13:18