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* Forescout researchers showed AI can port RCE exploits to PLCs, achieving DoS and shellcode execution * Effort required heavy researcher input and $500+ in API usage, making attacks impractical for criminals * Nation‑state actors remain a concern, as seen in Sandworm’s 2025 attack on Poland’s power grid If you
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Athom, creator of the Homey home automation platform, has announced a new tap-and-twist controller dubbed the Homey Portal — combining a 2.8" color touchscreen display with a steel rotary ring for ease of control. "We've always wanted a smart home to feel as simple as flipping
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* Hackers exploited Lenovo’s flawed email verification to hijack ~5,000 Dropbox accounts * Attackers created Lenovo IDs with victims’ emails, bypassing login; 2FA absence worsened impact * Dropbox ended Lenovo ID logins, expired sessions, and urged password changes plus 2FA setup Around 5,000 Dropbox user accounts were compromised when hackers
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* Microsoft warns Chinese group Silver Fox spoofed download sites for major tech brands * Victims install backdoored software enabling persistence, disabling Defender/updates, and payload delivery * Targets span healthcare, manufacturing, gaming, government; Microsoft urges tamper protection and behavior‑based detection Cybercriminals are spoofing some of the world’s most popular technology
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The Connectivity Standards Alliance (CSA) has opened its Product Certification Program for Suzi, Zigbee’s new sub-GHz extension. The programme follows the Alliance’s earlier rollout of Zigbee 4.0 and gives device makers a formal route to certify sub-GHz hardware for interoperability, security, and performance. It covers products operating
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Amazon UK's bank holiday sale ends tonight, but there's still time to grab a last-minute deal on some top-rated tech. It's been a surprisingly strong event for this time of year, with everything from Amazon devices, Kindles, laptops, smartwatches, appliances, and essentials reduced by
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* A new IKEA device called the Liljebagge has appeared * It's an affordable smart radiator thermostat * We're still waiting to hear on international availability IKEA isn't slowing down when it comes to launching smart home products — see the smart sensors and wireless lights it'
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* Crowdstrike and law enforcement disrupted Sality, a peer‑to‑peer botnet active since 2003 * Botnet spread malware and clipboard hijacker EggJagger, stealing $150K in cryptocurrency * Operation sinkholed endpoints and removed payload URLs, coordinated with DOJ, FBI, Europol, and others Security experts Crowdstrike, together with a handful of national and international
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When Google ignominiously exited the European thermostat market last year, it pointed its customers to Tado. This week, the German-based smart home company is launching its Smart Thermostat X (2nd gen), and aiming to attract European Nest users who haven’t already jumped ship. Google shutting down the servers for
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* Aesto Health reported a December 2025 cyberattack breaching AWS infrastructure, affecting 9.5M patients * Stolen data includes PII, SSNs, medical histories, billing, and insurance information across 20+ clients * No dark web leaks confirmed; credit monitoring offered, marking 2nd‑largest healthcare breach of 2026 American healthcare technology company Aesto Health suffered
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Qualcomm has announced two new entries in its Dragonwing system-on-chip family, the Dragonwing Q-2390 and IQ-2390 — targeting "intelligently connected devices" on the Internet of Things (IoT). "With the Dragonwing Q-2390 and IQ-2390 processors, we're enabling intelligence to scale across a much broader range of devices,
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* Smart home brand Shelly announced its new security camera ahead of IFA 2026 * It lets you view and store footage to microSD cards with no additional subscription cost * You can upgrade to Shelly Premium for cloud-based storage and other smart features The early IFA 2026 product announcements have started, and
