Tag Archives: Automation

FCC Filing Reveals Tasty Hardware McSecrets

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If you’ve visited a McDonald’s recently, you might have noticed something of a tonal shift. Rather than relying on angsty human teenagers to take customer orders, an increasing number of McDonald’s locations are now using self-serve kiosks. You walk up, enter your order on a giant touch screen, and then take an electronic marker with you to an open table. In mere minutes your tray of nutritious delicious cheap food is brought to you by… well that’s still probably going to be an angsty teenager.

Thanks to a recent FCC filing pointed out to us by an anonymous tipster, we …read more

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Open MQTT Servers Raise Physical Threats in Smart Homes

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Misconfigured DIY smart-home hubs for home automation could allow attackers to track owners’ movements, see if smart doors and windows are opened or closed, and even open garage doors. Continue reading Open MQTT Servers Raise Physical Threats in Smart Homes→

A Remotely Controlled Kindle Page Turner

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One of the biggest advantages of e-readers such as the Kindle is the fact that it doesn’t weigh as much as a traditional hardcover book, much less the thousands of books it can hold in digital form. Which is especially nice if you drop the thing on your face while reading in bed. But as light and easy to use as the Kindle is, you still need to hold it in your hands and interact with it like some kind of a baby’s toy.

Looking for a way to operate the Kindle without having to go through the exhaustive effort …read more

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Line Following Robot Without The Lines

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Line-following robots are a great intro to robotics in general, since the materials and skills needed to build a good one aren’t too advanced. It turns out that line-following robots are more than just a learning tool, too. They’re pretty useful in industry, but most of them don’t follow visible marked lines. Some, like this inductive guided robot from [Randall] make use of wires to determine their paths.

Some of the benefits of inductive guidance over physical lines are that the wires can be hidden in floors, so if something like an automated forklift is using them at a warehouse …read more

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Social Mapper: A free tool for automated discovery of targets’ social media accounts

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Trustwave has released Social Mapper, an open source tool that automates the process of discovering individuals’ social media accounts. How Social Mapper works The tool takes advantage of facial recognition technology and searches for targets&#82… Continue reading Social Mapper: A free tool for automated discovery of targets’ social media accounts→

Securely deploying automation for business benefit

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Streamlining business processes – and cutting down on the need for human employees to perform mundane and repetitive tasks – automation technology is increasingly being employed by organisations around the world. As part of their digital transformation… Continue reading Securely deploying automation for business benefit→

Building a sound security strategy for an energy sector company

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As more and more attacks against companies working in the energy sector become public, it is becoming increasingly clear that those systems are far from impermeable. And it’s not just state-sponsored attackers that are looking for a way in: oppor… Continue reading Building a sound security strategy for an energy sector company→

How SOAR can increase the value of your security team

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Over the past few years, the cybersecurity industry has rapidly transformed. The exploding number and growing complexity of cyberattacks has forced organizations to spend billions of dollars annually on cybersecurity measures in an effort to keep pace … Continue reading How SOAR can increase the value of your security team→

Positioning System Spoof Lash-up Can Reroute Robotic Automobiles Into Opposing Traffic

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Bad mojo written up at Ars Technica and The Wall Street Journal, in the GPS realm. It’s high time for the manufacturers to step up remediation efforts targeting these pernicious position system flaws. Until the appropos remediations and mitigations a… Continue reading Positioning System Spoof Lash-up Can Reroute Robotic Automobiles Into Opposing Traffic→

The Evolving Network Security Environment – Can You Protect Your Customers in a 5G Universe?

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Smart Farming depends on internet of things (IoT) devices and sensors to monitor vast farm fields, guiding farmers’ decisions about crop management through rich data. But it only takes one security flaw for all stakeholders within the ecosystem … Continue reading The Evolving Network Security Environment – Can You Protect Your Customers in a 5G Universe?→