With flak still flying in the battle over the privacy of data shared on social networks, consumer advocates are raising a red flag about the data that is being collected and shared using another type of consumer platform: automobiles.
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A Tale of Two Industries: the RSA Conference in 2018
Best of times worst of times? Check. Age of wisdom age of foolishness? Check. A look at this year’s RSA Conference and some of the big take-aways from the show.
China Using Big Brother-Like System to Track, Monitor Minorities
China has developed a Big Brother-like system of surveillance and big-data technology to monitor and incriminate ethnic minorities by using their personal information to deem them government threats.
Hole in Mobile Apps Leave Home Automation Systems Vulnerable to Hacking
Mobile applications used with two, popular home automation platforms by Wink and Insteon fail to protect user login information, leaving the devices vulnerable to hacking, a researcher at Rapid7 found.
A Right to Repair the Internet of Things? Spear Phishing Detection and Nonstop Attacks on DVRs
In-brief: In the latest Security Ledger podcast we talk about pending right to repair laws and their impact on the Internet of Things. Also: Facebook’s Internet Defense Prize went to a better method for spear phishing detection. We talk to a member of the winning team. And, Johannes Ullrich of The Internet Storm Center joins us to talk about a study he did to measure the frequency of attacks on a common IoT device: digital video recorders.
