Infosecurity Slackspace
Connected Elevators and the IoT Doomsday Scenario
Hackable elevators are a thing. A terrifying thing.
Queen's Super-Secret Heathrow Security Plans Found in the Middle of the Street
Who thinks that it’s totally okay to store transportation security plans for the Queen on an unencrypted USB stick?
Big Brother Screen in Piccadilly Wants to Get to Know You--Really, Really Well
The screen scans cars as well as pedestrians—making judgments about age, gender, income and even mood and language.
Bad Vibrations: Sex Toy Hacking and the IoT
It's easy to hack a sex toy, intercepting a feed from the device's camera or taking control of it directly.
Tax Chief Says Don't Worry About Equifax: Only 45M of You Could Be Newly Affected
“Our estimate is a significant percent of those taxpayers already had their information in the hands of criminals.”
Baby Monitor Camera Stalks Mom and Newborn
“I sat down to feed her and the camera turned to focus on us.”
Puppy Scams Show the Best Side of Human Nature
At least 80% of the sponsored advertising links that appear in an internet search for pets may be fraudulent.
Nudie Pics Hop a Ride on Thomas the Tank Engine
One can almost hear the adolescent giggling in the air.
Dentists Drill Down on Cryptocurrency
Dentacoin can be earned for reviews and engagement, and used to pay for treatments.
The Boy Next Door, Botnet Herder
DaddyL33T, the author of an IoT botnet and master of a website housing a whole zoo of malware code, is only 13.
AI is Penning the Next Game of Thrones Book—and It's Magnificent
Ex.: "The next morning he awoke another hundred feet above the winesink beside the temple with a battering wall..."
Trump's Cybersecurity Advisors Flee the Ship, Citing Inadequate Attention to Major Threats
The mass exodus comes after those advisors' own 'cyber-9/11 warning'.
House Robot Stabs Tomato to a Pulpy Death
What happens when a robot is forced to ignore its programming and goes all Chucky on the fruit bowl?
An Exploit to Combat Bringing the Dinosaurs Back
Scientists at the University of Washington have pioneered a way to use DNA to store and transmit malware.
Microchips for Humans: A Precursor to a Dark Surveillance State?
A chip injected between the employee’s thumb and index finger lets them pay for food in the cafeteria with a wave of the hand.
Facebook Pulls the Plug as Two AIs Invent Their Own Language
Two chatbots invented their own language—one that humans couldn’t understand.
Here, Phishy Phishy—Top 10 Most-Clicked Lures Offer a Window to the Soul
Top 10 Global Phishing Email Subject Line report tells us much about ourselves.
Love Island Hunk Hacked
The pranking of 'Muggy' Mike Thalassitis, a striker for Margate FC, drew a chuckle
This Root Canal Thing Is Silliness
Telling the board that a breach has happened needn’t be the steel-your-courage event that going under the drill might be.
