robots
Hacked Robot Vacuums, Secret Printer Tracking Dots
In episode 351, hosts Tom and Scott explore an unusual incident where robot vacuums were hacked to shout obscenities, exposing significant IoT security issues. The discussion includes the mechanics of the Bluetooth ...
Market for Security Robots Grows, But Data Privacy Concerns Remain
Robots have been infiltrating business and industry for decades, so it’s not surprising that AI and connected technologies like streaming video are now being enlisted to perform many of the security tasks ...
Is Social Media at a Tipping Point, The TikTok Invisible Challenge, San Francisco Police Can Use Killer Robots
A recent data breach of 5.4 million Twitter users and Meta being fined $265 million dollars from a 2021 data leak, and people are fleeing Twitter because of Elon Musk. Are we ...
ProtonMail IP Address Logging Controversy, Fake Bot Disinformation, Correctional Facility Robot Overlords
Details on the controversy over encrypted email service ProtonMail handing over a user’s IP address to the Swiss police, how a fake bot disinformation campaign went viral on Twitter, and are we ...
Bad Bots: What They Are and How to Fight Them
Bad internet bot traffic rose by 18.1% in 2019, and it now accounts for nearly one-quarter of all internet traffic The figure above, which comes from Imperva’s 2020 Bad Bot... The post ...
In-Room Robots at Japanese Hotel Could Have Been Hacked to Spy on Guests
A Japanese hotel chain equipped with in-room robots issued an apology after a security researcher found that its robot could have been hacked, allowing attackers to access the camera and microphone. Security ...
Are the Robots Getting Better at Image Recognition?
I was logging into an account today and was presented with a CAPTCHA that struck me as quite odd. Normally, the CAPTCHA images are as clear as ever. However, look at these ...
Luke Kingma and Lou Patrick-Mackay’s Futurism ‘Doorbell RoboRingers’
Via Luke Kingma and Lou Patrick-Mackay at Futurism Cartoons Permalink ...
The Joy of Tech®’s ‘A Lost Pet’
via the Comic Noggins of Nitrozac and Snaggy at The Joy of Tech® Permalink ...
Develop a Game Plan to Protect Your Robot’s Identity
Verifying one’s digital identity is tough. If someone has your credentials, it’s very difficult to detect the difference between legitimate access and a breach. But that verification process is even more difficult ...
