In-brief: New guidelines from a leading mobile industry trade group seek to set standards for securing deployments of Internet of Things device.
Electronics
XFinity Smart Home Flaws Could Enable Burglars
A security flaw in smart home technology sold by Comcast could allow would-be burglars to disable door and window alarms using radio-jamming attacks, according to research from the firm Rapid7.
Auto OEM Harman Buys Security firm TowerSec
In-brief: HARMAN, the automobile supplier, said it will buy Tower Security, a maker of security technology for connected vehicles.
Samsung Positions TV as Secure IoT Hub For Home
In-brief: Samsung said on Wednesday that new security features in its Tizen-based Smart TVs would protect consumer data stored on the device, encrypt communications to- and from the device and protect the TVs from malicious software.
Toymaker Hack Highlights Dark Side of Tech Industry’s Data Obsession
In-brief: The hack of VTech, a maker of technology products for children, has exposed sensitive data on hundreds of thousands of children, the company acknowledged this week. Also exposed: the toy industry’s growing and unregulated appetite for information on the children who play with their toys.
