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IoT Teddy Bear Leaked Personal Audio Recordings

March 15, 2017 infossl

children, hacking, internetofthings, Security technology, securityengineering, spyware

CloudPets are an Internet-connected stuffed animals that allow children and parents to send each other voice messages. Last week, we learned that Spiral Toys had such poor security that it exposed 800,000 customer credentials, and two million audio recordings. As we’ve seen time and time again in the last couple of years, so-called “smart” devices … Read More “IoT Teddy Bear Leaked Personal Audio Recordings” »

German Government Classifies Doll as Illegal Spyware

February 20, 2017 infossl

children, espionage, germany, Security technology, spyware

This is interesting: The My Friend Cayla doll, which is manufactured by the US company Genesis Toys and distributed in Europe by Guildford-based Vivid Toy Group, allows children to access the internet via speech recognition software, and to control the toy via an app. But Germany’s Federal Network Agency announced this week that it classified … Read More “German Government Classifies Doll as Illegal Spyware” »

Smartphone Spying as Art

December 19, 2016 infossl

cellphones, malware, Security technology, spyware, theft

A film student put spyware on a smartphone and then allowed it to be stolen. He made a movie of the results. Powered by WPeMatico

Headphones as Microphones

November 23, 2016 infossl

eavesdropping, malware, Security technology, spyware

Surprising no one who has been following this sort of thing, headphones can be used as microphones. Powered by WPeMatico

Leaked Product Demo from RCS Labs

September 9, 2016 infossl

cyberweapons, eavesdropping, leaks, malware, maninthemiddleattacks, Security technology, spyware

We have leak from yet another cyberweapons arms manufacturer: the Italian company RCS Labs. Vice Motherboard reports on a surveillance video demo: The video shows an RCS Lab employee performing a live demo of the company’s spyware to an unidentified man, including a tutorial on how to use the spyware’s control software to perform a … Read More “Leaked Product Demo from RCS Labs” »

Hacking Your Computer Monitor

August 11, 2016 infossl

hacking, internetofthings, Security technology, spyware

Here’s an interesting hack against a computer’s monitor: A group of researchers has found a way to hack directly into the tiny computer that controls your monitor without getting into your actual computer, and both see the pixels displayed on the monitor — effectively spying on you — and also manipulate the pixels to display … Read More “Hacking Your Computer Monitor” »

Everyone Wants You To Have Security, But Not from Them

February 26, 2015 infossl

adware, computersecurity, dataandgoliath, fbi, google, lenovo, nsa, privacy, Security technology, securitypolicies, spyware, surveillance

In December, Google’s Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt was interviewed at the CATO Institute Surveillance Conference. One of the things he said, after talking about some of the security measures his company has put in place post-Snowden, was: “If you have important information, the safest place to keep it is in Google. And I can assure … Read More “Everyone Wants You To Have Security, But Not from Them” »