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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IoT Security Spending to Top $1.5 Billion This Year
Tara Seals Internet of things (IoT)-based attacks continue to make headlines and are becoming more frequent. According to a Gartner survey, nearly one-fifth of organizations have observed at least one…
Virgin Media urges password change over hacking risk
Virgin Media has told 800,000 customers to change their passwords to protect against being hacked. An investigation by Which? found that hackers could access the provider’s Super Hub 2 router,…
Tomorrow's cities: Are your shoes giving away data?
By Jane Wakefield, Technology reporter Shops and retailers are taking over where street cameras left off, watching shoppers’ every move. According to a 2015 survey of 150 retail executives from…
Critical flaw lets hackers take control of Samsung SmartCam cameras
A command injection vulnerability gives attackers full control over the cameras. By Lucian Constantin The popular Samsung SmartCam security cameras contain a critical remote code execution vulnerability that could allow…
Digital video recorder installers master password list 'leaked' – claims
If true, we’re talking remote viewing of people’s CCTV cams John Leyden Xiongmai, the vendor behind many Mirai-vulnerable DVRs, has earned the consternation of security watchers once again. The vendor’s…