Privacy, security concerns grow for wearables
While Google Glass was not the success Google wanted it to be, there is no doubt that the wearable camera market is growing. People may have not been comfortable with the fact …
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How the CIA hacked wireless home routers
For many years, the CIA has had the capability to compromise a wide range of commercial wireless routers, and to monitor, control and manipulate the traffic passing through …
iStorage introduces ultra-secure hard drives
iStorage launched of their new range of USB 3.1 HDDs and SSDs, consisting of the diskAshur, diskAshur SSD, diskAshur PRO, diskAshur PRO SSD and the diskAshur DT – all of …
Healthcare industry continues to struggle with software security
67% of medical device manufacturers and 56% of healthcare delivery organizations (HDOs) believe an attack on a medical device built or in use by their organizations is likely …
Samsung Galaxy S8 iris scanner can be fooled with a printed photo
After demonstrating how easily Apple’s Touch ID can be fooled with a user fingerprint photographed from a glass surface, Chaos Computer Club (CCC) hacker …
HP pushes out fix for keylogging audio driver in its laptops
Swiss security consultancy Modzero revealed on Thursday that a number of HP laptops contain an audio driver that logs users’ keystrokes and stores them in an unencrypted …
Cisco patches leaked 0-day in 300+ of its switches
Cisco has plugged a critical security hole in over 300 of its switches, and is urging users to apply the patches as soon as possible because an exploit for it has been …
Critical RCE flaw in ATM security software found
Researchers from Positive Technologies have unearthed a critical vulnerability (CVE-2017-6968) in Checker ATM Security by Spanish corporate group GMV Innovating Solutions. The …
Attackers exploited SS7 flaws to empty Germans’ bank accounts
Cyber criminals have started exploiting a long-known security vulnerabilities in the SS7 protocols to bypass German banks’ two-factor authentication and drain their …
Hacking industrial robots in today’s smart factories
It has been estimated that by 2018, approximately 1.3 million industrial robot units – mechanical multi-axis “arms” used for automating various operations – will …
