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Yubico Previews First Biometric YubiKey

Yubico reveals Biometric YubiKey at Microsoft Ignite

On Tuesday, at the ongoing Microsoft Ignite, Yubico, the leading provider of authentication and encryption hardware, announced the long-awaited YubiKey Bio. YubiKey Bio is the first YubiKey to support fingerprint recognition for ...
Light Commands Demo #1 - Opening Garage Door

Researchers reveal Light Commands: laser-based audio injection attacks on voice-control devices like Alexa, Siri and Google Assistant

Researchers from the University of Electro-Communications in Tokyo and the University of Michigan released a paper on Monday, that gives alarming cues about the security of voice-control devices. In the research paper ...
Espressif IoT devices susceptible to WiFi vulnerabilities can allow hijackers to crash devices connected to enterprise networks

Espressif IoT devices susceptible to WiFi vulnerabilities can allow hijackers to crash devices connected to enterprise networks

Matheus Eduardo Garbelini a member of the ASSET (Automated Systems SEcuriTy) Research Group at the Singapore University of Technology and Design released a proof of concept for three WiFi vulnerabilities in the ...

Firedome’s ‘Endpoint Protection’ solution for improved IoT security

Last month, Firedome Inc announced the launch of the world’s first endpoint cybersecurity solutions portfolio, specifically tailored to home IoT companies and manufacturers. Firedome has developed business models that allow companies to ...

Amazon’s Ring gave access to its employees to watch live footage of the customers, The Intercept reports

According to a report by The Intercept, Ring, Amazon’s smart doorbell company gave access to its employees to watch live footage from cameras of the customers. As per the claim, Ring engineers ...

IEEE Computer Society predicts top ten tech trends for 2019: assisted transportation, chatbots, and deep learning accelerators among others

IEEE Computer Society (IEEE-CS) released its annual tech future predictions, earlier this week, unveiling the top ten most likely to be adopted technology trends in 2019. “The Computer Society’s predictions are based ...