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Internet of Things
Securing medical devices: Can a hacker break your heart?
Why are connected medical devices vulnerable to attack and how likely are they to get hacked? Here are five digital chinks in the armor.
Cameron Camp • 23 Oct 2020
Warning issued over hackable security cameras
The owners of the vulnerable indoor cameras are advised to unplug the devices immediately
Amer Owaida • 15 Jun 2020
Google adds Nest devices to Advanced Protection Program
You can now shore up your smart home security by leveraging Google's top security offering
Amer Owaida • 02 Jun 2020
These things may be cool, but are they safe?
In the rush to embrace IoT devices, we shouldn’t trade in our privacy and security for the added convenience
Amer Owaida • 20 May 2020
ESET Research, Internet of Things
Serious flaws found in multiple smart home hubs: Is your device among them?
In worst-case scenarios, some vulnerabilities could even allow attackers to take control over the central units and all peripheral devices connected to them
Miloš Čermák and Milan Fránik • 22 Apr 2020
Malware
Stantinko’s new cryptominer features unique obfuscation techniques
ESET researchers bring to light unique obfuscation techniques discovered in the course of analyzing a new cryptomining module distributed by the Stantinko group’s botnet
Vladislav Hrčka • 19 Mar 2020
Guildma: The Devil drives electric
The fourth installment of our occasional series demystifying Latin American banking trojans
ESET Research • 05 Mar 2020
IoT laws are coming: What to expect
No more default logins on new IoT devices if UK legislators get their way
Cameron Camp • 30 Jan 2020
Smartwatch exposes locations and other data on thousands of children
A device that is supposed to help parents keep track of their children and give them a peace of mind can be turned into a surveillance device
Amer Owaida • 29 Nov 2019