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Security News This Week: An IoT Teddy Bear Leaked Millions of Parent and Child Voice Recordings

Credit to Author: Wired Staff| Date: Sat, 04 Mar 2017 12:00:36 +0000

Each weekend we round up the news stories that we didn’t break or cover in depth but that still deserve your attention. The post Security News This Week: An IoT Teddy Bear Leaked Millions of Parent and Child Voice Recordings appeared first on WIRED.

Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2017 16:27:05 +0000

Is the effort to end-to-end encrypt Gmail dead, or just a lot harder than it looks? The post After 3 Years, Why Gmail’s End-to-End Encryption Is Still Vapor appeared first on WIRED.

Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2017 12:00:49 +0000

Google subsidiary Jigsaw is now offering developers access to an API for its AI-based detector for abusive comments. The post Now Anyone Can Deploy Google’s Troll-Fighting AI appeared first on WIRED.

Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2017 12:00:48 +0000

Israeli researchers show that innocent LED indicator on your computer can leak your deepest secrets. The post Malware Lets a Drone Steal Data by Watching a Computer’s Blinking LED appeared first on WIRED.

Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2017 22:30:09 +0000

Kaspersky security researchers find missing security safeguards in nine different connected car apps. The post Android Phone Hacks Could Unlock Millions of Cars appeared first on WIRED.

Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2017 00:30:24 +0000

A new attack cracks a key hacking protection known as address space layout randomization, leaving millions of computers vulnerable. The post A Chip Flaw Strips Away Hacking Protections for Millions of Devices appeared first on WIRED.

Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2017 00:30:24 +0000

A new attack cracks a key hacking protection known as address space layout randomization, leaving millions of computers vulnerable. The post Software Can’t Fully Fix This Massive New Security Flaw appeared first on WIRED.

Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2017 18:55:08 +0000

You’re about to be able to turn on new encrypted calling features. But you may also want to turn off one that could leak your metadata. The post The Best Encrypted Chat App Now Does Video Calls Too appeared first on WIRED.