How your network could be hacked through a Philips Hue smart bulb

Security researchers have shared some details of vulnerabilities they have found in Philips Hue smart bulbs that could be exploited by hackers to compromise networks remotely.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
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Wacom drawing tablets are spying on every app you open, and sending the data back to Wacom

Do you read the privacy policy for your mouse when you install it? Your keyboard? Your drawing board?
Maybe you should… because it might set you off on a journey where you’ll discover surprising things are happening with your private data.
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How your network could be hacked through a Philips Hue smart bulb

Security researchers at Check Point have published details of vulnerabilities they have found in Philips Hue smart bulbs that could be exploited by hackers to compromise networks remotely. The researchers were able to hijack control the IoT bulbs and i… Continue reading How your network could be hacked through a Philips Hue smart bulb→

How your screen’s brightness could be leaking data from your air-gapped computer

It may not be the most efficient way to steal data from an organisation, let alone the most practical, but researchers at Ben-Gurion University in Israel have once again detailed an imaginative way to exfiltrate information from an air-gapped computer…. Continue reading How your screen’s brightness could be leaking data from your air-gapped computer→

How your screen’s brightness could be leaking data from your air-gapped computer

It may not be the most efficient way to steal data from an organisation, let alone the most practical, but researchers at Ben-Gurion University in Israel have once again detailed an imaginative way to exfiltrate information from an air-gapped computer…. Continue reading How your screen’s brightness could be leaking data from your air-gapped computer→

Smashing Security #164: A bitter pill to swallow

A gallery is tricked into giving millions to a fraudster, software tells doctors to push opioids onto patients, and an artist finds a novel way to trick Google Maps into thinking there’s a traffic jam.
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Man admits hacking Nintendo, leaking details of Switch games console

A 21-year-old Californiana man has pleaded guilty to hacking into into the servers of Nintendo and stealing confidential information about the (then upcoming) Nintendo Switch video game console. The case dates back to 2016 when Ryan S Hernandez, who wa… Continue reading Man admits hacking Nintendo, leaking details of Switch games console→