By Leo Kelion A leading security camera-maker has sent footage from inside a family’s home to the wrong person’s app. Swann Security has blamed a factory error for the data…
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Ikea app TaskRabbit reveals security breach
Ikea’s odd jobs marketplace TaskRabbit is investigating a “cyber-security incident”, the company has announced. The app and website let people find freelance workers to complete household tasks such as cleaning,…
Holy sweat! Wearables have THREE attack surfaces
The device, the app and the cloud, and your development lifecycle isn’t fit enough to catch up By Simon Sharwood Black Hat Asia Wearable devices – and anything that relies…
Aga app 'could let hackers turn off oven'
By Chris Baraniuk, Technology reporter An app that lets Aga cooker owners remotely control their ovens could be hijacked by hackers, a cybersecurity researcher has claimed. Ken Munro of Pen…
Viral Chinese selfie app Meitu phones home with personal data
Reg man submits self to invasive sparkly-unicorn androgyny transformation Darren Pauli The app harvests information about the devices on which it runs, includes invasive advertising tracking features and is just…
Deliveroo customers billed for unordered food
Customers of takeaway food app Deliveroo have had their accounts hacked and run up bills for food that they did not order, according to an investigation by the BBC’s Watchdog…