Despite bipartisan concerns over privacy, most airlines reportedly support the use of facial recognition, and the US Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) has implemented facial…
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Category: IoT
When Every Millisecond Matters in IoT
One of the big promises of the Internet of Things (IoT) is understanding the physical world around us and taking action based on insights and…
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Hidden & Fake Apps: How Hackers Could Be Targeting Your Connected Home
Like most parents, before you go to sleep each night, you take extra care to lock doors and windows to keep your family safe from…
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Spycams Secretly Live-Streamed 1,600 Motel Guests
Four people have been arrested for taking secret videos of guests at motels and live-streaming them to paying audiences. According to Seoul police, the perps…
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Hackers use free tools in new APT campaign against industrial sector firms
Researchers have recently detected an advanced persistent threat (APT) campaign that targets critical infrastructure equipment manufacturers by using industry-sector-themed spear-phishing emails and a combination of…
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Insulin Pumps Recalled By FDA For Cybersecurity Risks
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning patients and healthcare providers that some insulin pumps carry cybersecurity risks. In an alert published on…
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IoT Botnets and DDoS Attacks: Architecting Against Disaster
Cybercriminals have many different ways of exploiting network vulnerabilities and weak spots in our cyber defenses. Considering that the number of devices we use on…
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A new IOT botnet is infecting Android-based set-top boxes
A new IoT botnet named Ares is infecting Android-based devices that have left a debug port exposed on the Internet. Among this botnet’s most common…
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Even DSLR cameras are vulnerable to ransomware
Cameras are among the few devices that don’t connect to the internet, so you’d think they’d be immune to hackers. However, researchers have discovered that some DSLRs…
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Urgent11 Security Flaws Impact Routers, Printers, SCADA, And Many IoT Devices
Security researchers have disclosed details today about 11 vulnerabilities known collectively as “Urgent11” that impact a wide range of devices, from routers to medical systems,…
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