Collaborate Disseminate
On Sunday evening electronic departure boards at Beirut’s airport were hijacked by hackers who used them to display anti-Iranian and anti-Hezbollah messages. Continue reading Hackers hijack Beirut airport departure and arrival boards
Someone clearly isn’t very impressed with Vladimir Putin, as the Russian economy continues to tank in the wake of sanctions. Continue reading Hacked electronic sign declares “Putin is a dickhead” as Russian ruble slumps
Remember when Zenefits imploded, and kicked out CEO Parker Conrad. Well, Conrad launched a new employee onboarding startup called Rippling, and now he’s going after another HR company called Gusto with a new billboard, “Outgrowing Gusto? Presto change-o.” The problem is, Gusto got it taken down by issuing a cease & desist order to Rippling […] Continue reading Rippling starts billboard battle with Gusto
Hacked roadside billboards are in the news again, so here is a look back on some of the more notable incidents that have caught the media’s attention in the past…
Continue reading A short history of hacked billboards and road signs
Drivers are distracted by a hacked billboard, we take a deeper look at how the deepfake problem has… uh… deepened, and Carole is less than happy about Amazon’s announcement about new Alexa integrations.
All this, an annoying goose, an… Continue reading Smashing Security #148: Billboard boobs, face forensics, and Alexa gets way too personal
It’s outside of Sidewalk Labs HQ in Toronto, where Google’s sister company is working on stuffing the city with data-collecting sensors. Continue reading Apple aims privacy billboard at Google’s controversial smart-city
Recently there’s been some buzz in the news that Pepsi, or more accurately the company’s Russian division, had partnered with a startup by the name of StartRocket to experiment with the idea of putting “billboards” in space. After overwhelmingly negative response to the idea on social media, Pepsi’s official line …read more
Continue reading This Space for Rent: Advertisements in Orbit
Someone managed to seize control of a large digital advertising billboard on Cardiff’s main shopping street, forcing it to display a series of swastikas and far-right images.
Continue reading Hackers hijack central Cardiff billboard to display swastikas and more…
The adult movie was streamed on the big screen in Jakarta for 5 minutes before the power was cut. Continue reading Billboard hacker faces 12 years in jail for broadcasting porn