Electronics & Semiconductors
A team of researchers at security firm Check Point Research has discovered a vulnerability in Kindle e-readers—one that could allow hackers to take over the device, delete data and potentially gain access to Amazon account ...
Security
For the uninitiated, the word Bitcoin summons up a mixed emotion of approach-avoidance. It teases curiosity to know more about this fascinating alternative to conventional currency and at the same triggers unease about its ...
Security
(Tech Xplore)—University of Cambridge computer scientist Sergei Skorobogatov has figured out a way to gain access to an Apple iPhone 5c without having its password. He has written a paper outlining the technique, which he ...
Security
Google wants to know where you go so badly that it records your movements even when you explicitly tell it not to.
Aug 13, 2018
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Consumer & Gadgets
Ring, Nest, SimpliSafe and eight other manufacturers of internet-connected doorbell and security cameras have been alerted to "systemic design flaws" discovered by Florida Tech computer science student Blake Janes that allows ...
May 27, 2020
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Computer Sciences
A new camera could prevent companies from collecting embarrassing and identifiable photos and videos from devices like smart home cameras and robotic vacuums. It's called PrivacyLens and was made by University of Michigan ...
Jul 15, 2024
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Computer Sciences
Cybercriminals are coming up with increasingly savvy ways to disrupt online services, access sensitive data or crash internet user's devices. A cyber-attack that has become very common over the past decades is the so-called ...
Consumer & Gadgets
Shining lasers at voice assistants like Alexa and Siri, researchers from Michigan and Japan achieved a hack where lasers had the power of commands from the human voice.
Computer Sciences
Ultrasonic waves don't make a sound, but they can still activate Siri on your cellphone and have it make calls, take images or read the contents of a text to a stranger. All without the phone owner's knowledge.
Feb 27, 2020
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Security
Researchers have created new artificial intelligence that could spell the end for one of the most widely used website security systems.
Dec 5, 2018
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