Tag: Security
Can smart home security measures prevent burglaries? Ring claims 100 arrests from video doorbell
In a smart move designed to promote its video doorbell system, smart home security company Ring has just released video footage captured by its device of burglars caught in the act. Using footage from Ring video doorbells as criminal evidence, it claims that police have made approximately 100 arrests in the past year. Suffolk Police…
Samsung report warns businesses to ‘wake up’ to digital technology
A new report commissioned by Samsung which examines the impact that changes in society and technology will have upon the future of the workplace, warns that businesses have three years to embrace digital technologies or risk getting left behind. The report claims that businesses must adjust to the fast changing digital landscape in which a…
Hi tech solutions to protect your stuff. More smart padlocks on the way, including IoT Mobilock
The Mobilock is billed as the world's first smart padlock with IoT connectivity Seems like smart security is one of the fastest growing tech sectors at the moment. Rather than using a key or an easily hackable combination lock to protect your valuables, several manufacturers are introducing smart padlocks which use…
Potential iOS “bruteforce” security hole identified
If your phone is locked, it is usually regarded as pretty secure - after all, you have to enter a PIN number and after a certain number of incorrect tries it will either lock you out, or delete everything from the phone. But it appears there might be a way around it. MDSec has identified…
Apple tightens up its iCloud security
Apple has expanded its use of two-factor verification checks to protect data stored online by its customers, after a massive breach last month that saw thousands of nude celebrity photos stolen from iCloud. The BBC says the move follows suggestions that third-party software had been used to steal the photos. It says that the security…
5 million Gmail passwords hacked: should you be worried?
The hackers are having a busy month, No sooner has the dust settled on the mass theft of nude celebrity photos, the news comes that there has been a major Gmail breach. According to the IBTimes, around five million Google account credentials have been leaked online by hackers, with around 60 per cent of the…
Russian hackers steal more than 1 billion usernames and passwords
A Russian cyber gang has stolen more than 1.6 billion internet username and password combinations, according to US security firm Hold Security – a company that specialises in finding breaches. Hold Security said that the gang – which it dubbed “CyberVor”, after the Russian word for thief, vor – had gathered confidential data from more than 500 million…
Apple's iOS8 adds additional layer of security to wifi scanning
Another new tidbit from Apple's forthcoming iOS8 has emerged – the operating system will apparently disguise your phone's "MAC" address when scanning for wifi. The MAC address has nothing to do with Apple – but actually stands for "Media Access…
Are eBay users still at risk?
Online marketplace eBay announced this week that it had been the victim of a cyberattack. The Californian-based company, which has 128 million active users, revealed on Wednesday that a database had been hacked between late February and early March this…
iPhone 5S Touch ID scanner hacked just days after release
It's only been on sale for three days, but the Apple iPhone 5S's headlining security feature, the Touch ID fingerprint sensor, has already been hacked. It took just a weekend for German security group Chaos Computer Club (CCC) to break…
