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Digital assistants were created to ease our lives as they make most of our tasks hands-free. But sooner or later, hackers and security researchers have been able to compromise them (of course, hands-free!) if the tech companies themselves weren’t doing enough harm to people’s privacy. The latest addition to this is “Light Commands,” as its […]
The news of an upcoming home connectivity device from Nvidia was recently leaked online. The story was reported by Keith May from Wccftech, while he was in Caltrain. At the station, he spotted a guy with an ‘NV’ (Nvidia) badge working on a presentation for a venture named ‘Nvidia Project R.O.N.’ And from the looks […]
One of the perks of having an Android TV is that users can display their Google Photos albums as a screensaver when the TV is idle. However, a Twitter user found himself in a predicament when his Android TV started showing private photo libraries of many other users. As first spotted by XDA developers, the Google […]
During this attack were compromised thousands of devices such as Chromecast and Google Home, in addition to smart TVs Two hackers claim to have hijacked thousands of intelligent devices, such as the streaming device Chromecast, Google Home smart speakers, even smart TVs, exposed on the Internet to play a video in which the victims of […]
Another day, another IoT flaw – Sonos and Bose Smart Speakers Vulnerable to be Hacked Remotely to Play Sounds of Hackers’ Choice. With smart technology, it is very important to remain alert and aware enough about security loopholes otherwise you can prepare yourself for dire consequences. According to security experts at Trend Micro, some of […]
In September 2017, the IT security researchers at Armis found eight zero-day vulnerabilities in Bluetooth protocol. Dubbed BlueBorne by researchers, these vulnerabilities affected millions of IoT and Windows, Linux, iOS and Android-based devices when their Bluetooth was enabled. Although Windows issued a quick patch for the vulnerability, Armis has now discovered that Amazon Echo and Google Home smart speakers […]
Short Bytes: The updated Google Home app for Android devices comes with improvements for the notification area. The cast notifications are now present on all the Android devices connected to the same network. This article covers a method to disable it. Chromecast by Google is a handy little device to push content directly from your […]