Author Archives: Vladimir Dashchenko

How to Attack and Defend a Prosthetic Arm

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Like other IoT devices, the prosthetic arm sends statistics to the cloud, such as movement amplitudes, the arm’s positions, etc. And just like other IoT devices, this valuable invention must be checked for vulnerabilities. In our research, we focused on those attack vectors that can be implemented without the arm owner’s knowledge. Continue reading How to Attack and Defend a Prosthetic Arm→

Somebody’s watching! When cameras are more than just ‘smart’

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The researchers at Kaspersky Lab ICS CERT decided to check the popular smart camera to see how well protected it is against cyber abuses. This model has a rich feature list, compares favorably to regular webcams and can be used as a baby monitor, a component in a home security system or as part of a monitoring system. Continue reading Somebody’s watching! When cameras are more than just ‘smart’→