By Ofer Amitai The Internet of Things is rapidly evolving. Digital devices are capable of an ever-increasing number of smart functions. The latest innovation to make waves is the Hom-Bot…
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Army of webcams used in net attacks
One of the biggest ever web attacks – in which more than one terabit of data was fired at a website to knock it offline – has been reported. Web…
IoT Crypto Key Reuse Soars 40%
Practice makes it easier for attackers to launch Man in the Middle attacks. By Phil Muncaster The number of internet-connected smart devices using non-unique private keys for HTTPS server certificates…
Flaws in smart toy back-end servers puts kids and their families at risk
The vulnerabilities would have given attackers access to children’s names, birth dates, gender and even location. By Lucian Constantin Over the past two years security researchers have shown that many…
Smart devices to get security tune-up
Industry body to vet IoT smart devices. By Mark Ward Technology correspondent, BBC News Hi-tech firms are banding together to make sure “internet of things” smart devices are safe to…