Security
Consumer Reports to grade tech products on security, privacy
Consumer Reports, a major source for gadget and appliance reviews in the U.S., plans to start rating products on data...
Read moreUS senator probes into CloudPets smart toy hack
A U.S. senator is probing reports of a breach of data from smart toys from Spiral Toys, writing to the...
Read moreConsumer Reports decision to rate cybersecurity is a huge deal
Conventional wisdom has it that most consumers simply don’t pay much attention to computer security and privacy issues. Perhaps worse,...
Read moreMirai is the hydra of IoT security: too many heads to cut off
Efforts to stop Mirai, a malware found infecting thousands of IoT devices, have become a game of whack-a-mole, with differing...
Read moreHire a DDoS service to take down your enemies
With the onrush of connected internet of things (IoT) devices, distributed denial-of-service attacks are becoming a dangerous trend. Similar to...
Read moreAcoustic attack lets hackers control smartphone sensor
A newfound vulnerability in smartphones could let hackers remotely control the devices.With the acoustic injection attack, “attackers that deliver high...
Read moreRobots: Lots of features, not much security
Robots are supposed to do good things for us, not bad things to us.But there is plenty of evidence that,...
Read moreIoT malware starts showing destructive behavior
Hackers have started adding data-wiping routines to malware that's designed to infect internet-of-things and other embedded devices. Two attacks observed...
Read moreIoT malware clashes in a botnet territory battle
Mirai -- a notorious malware that's been enslaving IoT devices -- has competition.A rival piece of programming has been infecting...
Read moreA vigilante hacker may have built a computer worm to protect the IoT
Is a vigilante hacker trying to secure your IoT device from malware? The mysterious developer behind a growing computer worm...
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