Advanced Malware targeting Internet of the Things and Routers

Anything connected to the Internet could be hacked and so is the Internet of Things (IoTs).



The market fragmentation of IoTs or Internet-connected devices is a security nightmare, due to poor security measures implemented by their vendors.



Now, the researchers at security firm ESET have discovered a piece of Malware that is targeting embedded devices such as routers, and other

DARPA Invites Geeks to Convert Everyday Objects into Deadly Weapons

Do you know that your daily household items can be turned into deadly weapons?



Yes, it's possible to convert some of your everyday household appliances into explosives, weapons or surveillance devices.



DARPA – the agency which does research in various fields for improving the US Military and US Department of Defense capabilities – had announced a new project dubbed "Improv" to transform

More than a Billion Snapdragon-based Android Phones Vulnerable to Hacking

More than a Billion of Android devices are at risk of a severe vulnerability in Qualcomm Snapdragon chip that could be exploited by any malicious application to gain root access on the device.



Security experts at Trend Micro are warning Android users of some severe programming blunders in Qualcomm's kernel-level Snapdragon code that if exploited, can be used by attackers for gaining root

Raspberry Pi 3 — New $35 MicroComputer with Built-in Wi-Fi and Bluetooth

While celebrating its computer's fourth birthday, the Raspberry Pi Foundation has launched a brand new Raspberry Pi today.



Great news for all Micro-computing fans – A new, powerful Raspberry Pi 3 Model B in town.



Months after introducing just $5 Raspberry Pi Zero, Raspberry Pi Foundation has introduced its third major version of the Raspberry Pi, the successor of the Raspberry Pi 2

Linux Foundation Launches 'Zephyr', a tiny OS for Internet of Things

The 21st century is witnessing a great change over in the daily life of folks with the advent of IoT devices that are capable of talking to each other without any human intervention.



Yeah! Now you do not have to individually cascade an instruction to each of your home devices to accomplish a task. All have gone automated with the actuators and sensors which are infused into the home

Using SimpliSafe Home Security? — You're Screwed! It's Easy to Hack & Can't be Patched

If you are using a SimpliSafe wireless home alarm system to improve your home security smartly, just throw it up and buy a new one. It is useless.



The so-called 'Smart' Technology, which is designed to make your Home Safer, is actually opening your house doors for hackers. The latest in this field is SimpliSafe Alarm.



SimpliSafe wireless home alarm systems – used by more than 300,000

How to Hack WiFi Password from Smart Doorbells

The buzz around The Internet of Things (IoT) is growing, and it is growing at a great pace.

Every day the technology industry tries to connect another household object to the Internet. One such internet-connected household device is a Smart Doorbell.



Gone are the days when we have regular doorbells and need to open the door every time the doorbell rings to see who is around.





We all dream of having one of its kinds, and

Hacker-Friendly Search Engine that Lists Every Internet-Connected Device

Meet an all-new Hacker’s Search Engine similar to Shodan – Censys.



At the end of last month, security researchers from SEC Consult found that the lazy manufacturers of home routers and Internet of Things (IoT) devices have been re-using the same set of hard-coded cryptographic keys, leaving around 3 millions of IoT devices open to mass hijacking.



But how did the researchers get this

Serious, Yet Patched Flaw Exposes 6.1 Million IoT, Mobile Devices to Remote Code Execution

As much as you protect your electronics from being hacked, hackers are clever enough at finding new ways to get into your devices. But, you would hope that once a flaw discovered it would at least be fixed in few days or weeks, but that's not always the case.



A three-year-old security vulnerability within a software component used by more than 6.1 Million smart devices still remains

Toymaker VTech Hack Exposes 4.8 Million Customers, including Photos of Children

Earlier this month, a massive data breach at VTech – the maker of tablets and gadgets aimed at children – exposed the personal details of about 4.8 Million parents and photos of more than 200,000 Children.



If that was not bad enough…



…it turns out that the massive cyber attack against the toymaker company also left hundreds of thousands of snaps of parents and children, as well as a

Millions of IoT Devices Using Same Hard-Coded CRYPTO Keys

Millions of embedded devices, including home routers, modems, IP cameras, VoIP phones, are shareing the same hard-coded SSH (Secure Shell) cryptographic keys or HTTPS (HTTP Secure) server certificates that expose them to various types of malicious attacks.



A new analysis by IT security consultancy SEC Consult shows that the lazy manufacturers of the Internet of Things (IoTs) and Home

Caution! Hackers Can Easily Hijack Popular Baby Monitors to Watch Your Kids

Several video baby monitors from six different manufacturers were under scrutiny for in-depth security testing, and the outcome was negative.



Yes, they lacked in serving basic security through their devices.



At the High Technology Crime Investigation Association (HTCIA) conference on September 2, 2015, a critical security research was made public by Rapid7 after following a disclosure

Ransomware Attacks Threaten Wearable Devices and Internet of Things

Are you a proud owner of a Smartwatch, a Smart TV, a Smart fridge, a Smart lock, an Internet-enabled car, or live in a smart city?



Caution!



Recently, it has been reported that the growth of the Internet of Things would eventually lead to cyber criminals in making lots of money, as they started attacking the Internet of Things for Ransom.



Yes, the latest Interest of the cyber

Download Free Windows 10 for the Internet of Things and Raspberry Pi 2

In the month of February 2015, second generation Raspberry Pi was made available and was commonly known as Raspberry Pi 2.



Buzz was that Windows 10 will be supporting the hardware for its compatibility with the smart objects, popularly known as the ‘Internet of Things’.



So, finally the Free version of Windows 10 for Raspberry Pi 2 is here.



On Monday, public release of Microsoft’s

How Drones Can Find and Hack Internet-of-Things Devices From the Sky

Security researchers have developed a Flying Drone with a custom-made tracking tool capable of sniffing out data from the devices connected to the Internet – better known as the Internet-of-things.



Under its Internet of Things Map Project, a team of security researchers at the Texas-based firm Praetorian wanted to create a searchable database that will be the Shodan search engine for SCADA

This Antenna Can Remotely Steal Data From Devices using Sound Waves

Remember the previously demonstrated technique to Hack into air-gapped computers using Heat waves?



What if the same was possible to hack computers to steal data using Sound waves?



Imagine, If a remote hacker could steal classified information from a targeted computer without having to physically and Internet access to it.



A team of security researchers has demonstrated exactly the

SSL Encryption — Securing Internet of Things (IoT)

Internet of Things (IoT) with the purpose of providing convenience to the users enabled every object in the universe to be as smart as a whip.



By assigning IP address to all sorts of devices, ranging from household appliances, machines, medical devices and sensors to other day-to-day objects, and putting them all together on a standardised network is a common Internet of Things (IoT)

Most Vulnerable Smart Cities to Cyber Attack on Internet of Things (IoT)

Imagine…




You drive to work in your Smart-Car connected to the GPS automatically, but a hacker breaks into your car's network, takes control of the steering wheel, crashes you into a tree, and BOOM!




Believe it or not, such Cyber Attacks on smart devices are becoming Reality.




Car Hacking was recently demonstrated by a pair of security researchers who controlled a Jeep Cherokee