Collaborate Disseminate
Yet another family unnerved by yet another voice coming from a nursery webcam serves as yet another argument against password reuse. Continue reading Hacker talks to baby through Nest security cam, jacks up thermostat
Watch this episode on our YouTube Channel! This is your Shared Security Weekly Blaze for January 28th 2019 with your host, Tom Eston. In this week’s episode: Where are the US federal privacy regulations and details on Nest camera’s being hi… Continue reading The Lack of US Privacy Regulations, Nest Camera’s Hijacked – WB53
Cellular carriers are implementing services to identify cell scam leveraging, New Android Malware uses motion sensor to avoid detection, Linux Malware disables security software to mine cryptocurrency, and how a Hacker threatened a family using a Nest … Continue reading Android, Nest, & Linux Malware – Paul’s Security Weekly #591
A California family has described the ‘sheer terror’ it experienced after its smart security camera began broadcasting a bogus warning that three North Korean missiles were heading to the United States.
Read more in my article on the Bitdefender BOX bl… Continue reading 8-year-old ‘scared to death’ after hacked Nest security camera warns of missile attack
2SV combined with a unique password makes it harder for a hacker to see what you’re doing in your home.
Continue reading Got a Nest security camera? Enable two-step verification now
A hacked Nest camera broadcast the fake warning about incoming North Korean missiles, sending a family into “five minutes of sheer terror.” Continue reading Hijacked Nest cam broadcasts bogus warning about incoming missiles
The “white hat” hacker, who claimed to be part of a group calling itself the “Anonymous Calgary Mindhive”, said it hadn’t been hard for him to hijack control of Gregg’s Nest security camera.
Read more in my article on the Bitdefender Box blog.
… Continue reading Spooked by a speaking security camera? Polite hacker tells owner how to fix his IoT security
If it was late at night and you were out in your back yard, and you heard an unknown voice coming from inside your house – how would you feel? My guess is that you would feel pretty spooked, especially if you knew there was no-one in your house. … Continue reading Spooked by a speaking security camera? Polite hacker tells owner how to fix his IoT security
The Nest Thermostat revolutionized the way that people control the climate in their homes. It has features more features than even the best programmable thermostats. But, all of the premium features also come at a premium price. On the other hand, for only $5, a little coding, and the realization that thermostats are glorified switches, you can easily have your own thermostat that can do everything a Nest can do.
[Mat’s] solution uses a Sonoff WiFi switch that he ties directly into the thermostat’s control wiring. That’s really the easy part, since most thermostats have a ground or common wire, …read more
Continue reading Add Nest Functionality to your Thermostat for $5
In the news, the entire Nest ecosystem of smart home devices goes offline, how Alphabet plans to keep hackers away from this year’s election, the Node.js Ecosystem is chaotic and insecure, open-source vulnerabilities plague enterprise codebase sy… Continue reading Nest, Node.js, & F.Secure – Application Security Weekly #