Collaborate Disseminate
Watch this episode on our YouTube Channel! This is your Shared Security Weekly Blaze for January 14th 2019 with your host, Tom Eston. In this week’s episode: The US government shutdown and cybersecurity, privacy takes center stage at CES 2019, an… Continue reading US Government Shutdown, Privacy at CES 2019, Mobile Location Data Controversy – WB51
The African Grey has tried to get Alexa to send him lightbulbs, a kite, watermelon, ice cream, strawberries, raisins, broccoli and ice cream. Continue reading Snack-happy parrot shows insider threats come in all shapes and sizes
Smart speakers raise a number of privacy questions, which owners are choosing to just shrug off. Continue reading People Who Buy Smart Speakers Have Given Up on Privacy, Researchers Find
A judge has ordered Amazon to turn over any recordings an Echo device may have made around the time a horrific crime occurred. Continue reading Judge asks if Alexa is witness to a double murder
Last year, Amazon announced a new initiative, Alexa for Business, designed to introduce its voice assistant technology and Echo devices into a corporate setting. Today, it’s giving the platform a big upgrade by opening it up to device makers who are building their own solutions that have Alexa built in. The change came about based […] Continue reading Alexa for Business opens up to third-party device makers
After so many privacy issues in the last two years, the social media company is hoping that putting security front and center will lure users to its new product. Continue reading Facebook Knows You Don’t Want to Trust Its Portal Camera
The security vulnerabilities of the latest developments in tech have been well documented. But what about everyday technologies that have been around for a while or are widely adopted? Here are eight commonly-used tech conveniences that are not as… Continue reading 8 everyday technologies that can make you vulnerable to cyberattacks
At the Adobe Summit this week in Las Vegas, the company introduced what could be the ultimate customer experience construct, a customer experience system of record that pulls in information, not just from Adobe tools, but wherever it lives. In many ways it marked a new period in the notion of customer experience management, putting […] Continue reading IoT devices could be next customer data frontier
The ironic name choice underscores the fact that people are already concerned smart speakers are listening to their conversations. Continue reading This Amazon Alexa Accessory Is Unfortunately Named ‘DOX’
The physical vulnerability affects devices from 2015 and 2016. Continue reading Hack That Turns Amazon Echo Into a Spying Device Can’t Be Fixed By Software Patch