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Record-breaking DDoS reportedly delivered by >145k hacked cameras | Ars Technica - 0 views

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    Last week, security news site KrebsOnSecurity went dark for more than 24 hours following what was believed to be a record 620 gigabit-per-second denial of service attack brought on by an ensemble of routers, security cameras, or other so-called Internet of Things devices. Now, there's word of a similar attack on a French Web host that peaked at a staggering 1.1 terabits per second, more than 60 percent bigger.
Ian Forrester

Designing security into the internet of things - Tech News and Analysis - 0 views

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    Alexandra DS on why security needs to be built into the internet of things
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Airport Security Staff are Going to Hate Wearable Cameras - 0 views

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    Airport Security Staff are Going to Hate Wearable Cameras. Just like the police during riots?
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For Owners of Amazon's Ring Security Cameras, Strangers May Have Been Watching - 0 views

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    "For Owners of Amazon's Ring Security Cameras, Strangers May Have Been Watching Too"
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Secure Messaging Scorecard | Electronic Frontier Foundation - 1 views

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    EFF's secure messaging score card
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Security Challenges in the IP-Based IoT - 0 views

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    Security Challenges in the IP-Based Internet of Things paper
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Troy Hunt: No, VTech cannot simply absolve itself of security responsibility - 0 views

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    "YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT ANY INFORMATION YOU SEND OR RECEIVE DURING YOUR USE OF THE SITE MAY NOT BE SECURE AND MAY BE INTERCEPTED OR LATER ACQUIRED BY UNAUTHORIZED PARTIES"
Ian Forrester

Session | Send Messages, Not Metadata. | Private Messenger - 0 views

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    Session is a secure messaging app that protects your metadata, encrypts your communications and makes sure your messaging activities leave no digital trail behind.
Ian Forrester

Digital Standard - 1 views

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    The Digital Standard is an ambitious, open, and collaborative effort to create a digital privacy and security standard to help guide the future design of consumer software, digital platforms and services, and Internet-connected products.
Ian Forrester

Lip-Reading Computers Could Spell the End of Passwords as We Know Them - 0 views

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    "Instead of requiring a typed password or a fingerprint, this security software asks the user to speak or mouth a password directly at a device's camera."
Ian Forrester

mjg59 | A quick look at the Ikea Trådfri lighting platform - 0 views

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    Ikea recently launched their Trådfri smart lighting platform in the US. The idea of Ikea plus internet security together at last seems like a pretty terrible one, but having taken a look it's surprisingly competent. Hardware-wise, the device is pretty minimal
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Security Considerations in the IP-based Internet of Things - 0 views

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    "A direct interpretation of the Internet of Things concept refers to the usage of standard Internet protocols to allow for human-to-thing or thing-to-thing communication."
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BBC - iWonder - When did the state start to spy on us? - 0 views

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    "The extraordinary growth of state surveillance of the UK population has been fuelled by political and technological developments in recent decades. But in the name of national security, the state has been eavesdropping on us for far longer than that."
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NHS England patient data 'uploaded to Google servers', Tory MP says | Society | theguar... - 0 views

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    "Health select committee member Sarah Wollaston queries how data was secured by PA Consulting and uploaded to servers outside UK"
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BBC News - Dating apps found 'leaking' location data - 0 views

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    "Many mobile dating apps can be hacked to expose the exact location of users, warn security experts. "
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Your refrigerator probably hasn't joined a botnet - Boing Boing - 0 views

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    A mediagenic press-release from Proofpoint, a security firm, announced that its researchers had discovered a 100,000-device-strong botnet made up of hacked "Internet of Things" appliances, such as refrigerators
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Even Barbie Can Be Hacked - 0 views

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    A security researcher accessed personal information stored by Hello Barbie, a Wi-Fi-enabled talking Barbie doll.
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