Collaborate Disseminate
Say cheese to ransomware on your camera! A sponsored speech at Black Hat causes uproar, and should you trust that Lightning cable you’re about to plug into your MacBook?
All this and much more is discussed in the latest edition of the award-winni… Continue reading Smashing Security #141: Black Hat and Bridezillas
By Uzair Amir
In July this year, in-depth research into cybercrime and online threats revealed that in 2018, ransomware-type attacks caused $8 billion in damages. It is believed that ransomware attacks will grow to cost $20 billion in 2021. To put the … Continue reading White hat hackers infect Canon DSLR camera with ransomware
With smartphone cameras improving all the time, spending money on compact cameras seems less and less attractive. Nevertheless, major players like Nikon and Canon are still releasing them, and the latter has just updated a couple of its G-ser… Continue reading Canon tempts mobile snappers with two new PowerShot compacts
From cars to refrigerators, it seems as if every new piece of tech is connected to the Internet. For better or for worse, we’re deep into the “Internet of Things”. But what about your camera? No, not the camera in your smartphone; that one’s already connected to the Internet and selling your secrets to the highest bidder. Don’t you think your trusty DSLR could be improved by an infusion of Wide Area Networking?
Regardless of what you’re answer to that question might be, [Thomas Kittredge] decided his life would be improved by making his beloved Canon EOS Rebel T6 an …read more
New research on an old problem reveals despite efforts, the InfoSec professionals still have a way to go when it comes to securing printers. Continue reading Old Printer Vulnerabilities Die Hard
Many companies are embracing the GDPR as an opportunity to improve privacy, security, and data management, by cutting down on the amount of personal data they keep, ditching data that is no longer needed, and reducing the number of people who have acce… Continue reading Check your printers for leftover GDPR-regulated PII
Released in 1998, the Game Boy camera was a bit ahead of its time. This specialized Game Boy cartridge featured a 128×128 pixel CMOS sensor and took 4-color greyscale photos. The camera even rotated, allowing for selfies years before that word existed.
The fixed lens on this camera meant no zoom was possible. [Bastiaan] decided to address this shortcoming by building a Canon EF Lens Mount. The resulting build looks hilarious, but actually takes some interesting photos.
[Bastiaan] designed the mount using Rhino 3D, and printed it out on a Monoprice 3D printer. After some light disassembly, the mount can …read more
Continue reading A Canon Lens Adapter for the Game Boy Camera
In this podcast recorded at RSA Conference 2018, Ajay Arora, founder of Vera Security, and Peter Kowalczuk, President at Canon Solutions America, talk about their recent partnership, challenges related to data security, and the conference. Here’s a tra… Continue reading Securing the digital future with Vera and Canon Solutions America
A 120 megapixel camera is very cool when photographing small objects and very creepy when photographing crowds of people. Continue reading Watch Canon’s Mind-Boggling 120 Megapixel Sensor In Action
Canon has selected Vera to secure and protect Canon’s fleet of digital imaging and printing products and services. This partnership will help enterprises protect their intellectual property and business information from data leaks for all information p… Continue reading Canon selects Vera to secure the future of digital imaging and printing