Internet of Things

Google smart glasses privacy features cover wearers and the people around them

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Google smart glasses privacy features cover wearers and the people around them 2026-11-13 at 01:45 By Anamarija Pogorelec Google has built its Gemini-powered intelligent eyewear to stop taking photos and video when someone covers or tampers with the outward-facing recording light. Shahram Izadi, Google’s VP and GM of XR, laid out that safeguard along with […]

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Hackers abuse refrigeration controllers to send spam and route proxy traffic

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Hackers abuse refrigeration controllers to send spam and route proxy traffic 2026-11-09 at 16:54 By Sinisa Markovic Internet-exposed refrigeration controllers used in supermarkets and cold storage facilities are being hijacked and turned into infrastructure for a suspected spam botnet and proxy services, SecurityScorecard has found. The report follows a string of attacks against European refrigeration […]

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Google disrupts XCPE botnet, bans the company behind it

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Google disrupts XCPE botnet, bans the company behind it 2026-11-02 at 17:50 By Mirko Zorz Google shut down the servers behind XCPE, a backdoor hidden in the firmware of Android TV set-top boxes. Google’s Threat Intelligence Group attributes the operation with high confidence to Videostrong Technology, the company that manufactured many of those boxes. More […]

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Smart TVs can harbor unpatched security flaws and track what you watch

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Smart TVs can harbor unpatched security flaws and track what you watch 2026-10-30 at 07:00 By Anamarija Pogorelec Smart TVs and connected plugs accounted for a large share of recorded security weaknesses in household devices, according to Bitdefender’s 2026 IoT Security Landscape Report. The analysis covered approximately 10.4 million protected home routers between January and […]

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Volt Typhoon targeted enterprise control planes via ever-changing “Silent Train” relay network

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Volt Typhoon targeted enterprise control planes via ever-changing “Silent Train” relay network 2026-10-29 at 15:42 By Zeljka Zorz Volt Typhoon, a Chinese state-sponsored APT group that’s focused on cyberespionage and United States’ critical infrastructure, has been using a covert, constantly rotating relay network to hide its most sensitive intrusions, Lumen’s Black Lotus Labs revealed on […]

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Your security program knows about the firewall, but does it know about the elevator?

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Your security program knows about the firewall, but does it know about the elevator? 2026-09-24 at 07:30 By Anamarija Pogorelec By early August, attackers had hit water systems in at least seven U.S. states. The FBI and EPA said the intruders remotely accessed internet-facing programmable logic controllers, the small industrial computers that run pumps and […]

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Abandoned IoT apps keep sending sensitive data to broken servers

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Abandoned IoT apps keep sending sensitive data to broken servers 2026-09-18 at 09:00 By Sinisa Markovic Millions of people still run smart home and IoT companion apps, the apps used to control devices like smart plugs, cameras, and thermostats, that stopped receiving updates years ago. Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst analyzed 61,500 abandoned […]

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Tengu botnet reboots Linux devices to survive removal

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Tengu botnet reboots Linux devices to survive removal 2026-07-29 at 16:52 By Sinisa Markovic A new Mirai-derived IoT botnet can force an infected Linux device to reboot once its main process is killed, giving its persistence mechanisms another opportunity to relaunch it, Nozomi Networks Labs has found. The malware, dubbed Tengu, was discovered by a […]

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The energy sector’s OT cybersecurity talent is retiring faster than it can be replaced

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The energy sector’s OT cybersecurity talent is retiring faster than it can be replaced 2026-07-29 at 08:30 By Mirko Zorz A ransomware hit lands a chemical plant in a safe state. Nobody is hurt, the site holds steady, and the operators begin the restart. The systems stay down. Every attempt to bring them online meets […]

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The automotive software vulnerabilities hiding in your dashboard

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The automotive software vulnerabilities hiding in your dashboard 2026-07-24 at 09:30 By Anamarija Pogorelec Pop the hood on a new car and you won’t find much you can fix with a wrench. What you’ll find is software, and a lot of it. The screen in the dash probably runs Android or a flavor of Linux. […]

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Fake smart home residents could stand in for real ones in security research

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Fake smart home residents could stand in for real ones in security research 2026-07-14 at 08:30 By Anamarija Pogorelec Smart home security research runs on a scarce ingredient: recordings of how real people use the gadgets in their homes. Getting that data means wiring up someone’s house and watching for months, which is slow, costly, […]

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Residential proxy SDKs are hiding in LG and Samsung smart TV apps

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Residential proxy SDKs are hiding in LG and Samsung smart TV apps 2026-06-23 at 08:08 By Anamarija Pogorelec Smart TVs in living rooms run small apps that show fish tanks, clocks, solitaire games, and slideshows of puppies. A share of those apps can also send other people’s internet traffic out through the home connection. Spur […]

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Encrypted DNS still tells an eavesdropper where to look

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Encrypted DNS still tells an eavesdropper where to look 2026-06-22 at 08:00 By Mirko Zorz Encrypted DNS runs across much of the Internet. DNS over TLS, HTTPS, and QUIC keep the contents of a query away from anyone watching a network link. The encryption covers the message inside each packet. The packet still carries plaintext […]

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Securing digital keys when your phone unlocks the car

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Securing digital keys when your phone unlocks the car 2026-06-18 at 09:00 By Mirko Zorz In this interview with Help Net Security, Alysia Johnson, President of the Car Connectivity Consortium (CCC), explains how the CCC Digital Key has grown from a single-brand feature into a standard meant to work across phones, automakers, and suppliers. She […]

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Suspected KimWolf botnet admin arrested over DDoS-for-hire operation

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Suspected KimWolf botnet admin arrested over DDoS-for-hire operation 2026-05-22 at 15:08 By Sinisa Markovic U.S. and Canadian authorities arrested and charged a Canadian man accused of operating the KimWolf DDoS botnet, a service linked to attacks that infected more than one million devices worldwide. Jacob Butler, 23, of Ottawa, Canada, also known online as “Dort,” […]

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The hidden smart fridge risks that emerge years after purchase

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The hidden smart fridge risks that emerge years after purchase 2026-05-12 at 09:28 By Mirko Zorz Household refrigerators are built to last more than a decade. The software, cloud services, and mobile apps that control them are not. A new analysis from Erik Buchmann at Leipzig University maps what happens when those two timelines collide, […]

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New Mirai variants target routers and DVRs in parallel campaigns

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New Mirai variants target routers and DVRs in parallel campaigns 2026-04-22 at 16:42 By Zeljka Zorz Hidden inside newly discovered botnet malware is an unusual message from its creator: “AI.NEEDS.TO.DIE”. Dubbed “tuxnokill” by researchers at Akamai, the malware is one of two fresh Mirai botnet variants documented this month by major cybersecurity firms and, judging […]

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Don’t count on government guidance after a smart home breach

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Don’t count on government guidance after a smart home breach 2026-03-30 at 07:30 By Sinisa Markovic People are filling their homes with internet-connected cameras, speakers, locks, and routers. When one of those devices is compromised, the next steps are often unclear. Researchers reviewing government cybersecurity advice in 11 countries found that most guidance focuses on […]

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The devices winning the race to get hacked in 2026

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The devices winning the race to get hacked in 2026 2026-03-23 at 17:17 By Sinisa Markovic Enterprise networks keep adding connected devices, expanding the attack surface as threat actors target a wider range of systems, many of which are difficult to inventory, secure, and patch consistently. (Source: Forescout) Forescout’s 2026 Riskiest Devices research maps that […]

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What smart factories keep getting wrong about cybersecurity

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What smart factories keep getting wrong about cybersecurity 2026-03-16 at 08:24 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Packsize CSO Troy Rydman breaks down the biggest vulnerabilities in smart factory environments today, from IoT devices and legacy systems to human error. He explains how unmanaged devices, from sensors to robotic components, often go […]

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