Graham Cluley writes: A researcher has discovered that so-called Smart TVs from Philips suffer from a number of serious security flaws that could allow hackers to not only steal information from attached USB sticks, and play pornographic movies as a prank, but also pilfer authentication cookies which could give them access to viewers’ online accounts….
Category: Breaches
SIBA CEO: Florida Senate’s vote to ban biometrics in schools reflects misconceptions about identity theft
Janice Kephart, founder and CEO of the Secure Identity and Biometrics Association (SIBA) has issued a press release stating in no uncertain terms that the Florida Senate’s near unanimous vote of March 27 to ban biometrics in all schools lacks common sense and denies schools the opportunity to improve safety, standards, and fiscal accountability. “The Senate vote…
French edition of Closer ordered to pay €15,000 for breach of privacy over François Hollande photos
Press Gazette reports: A French court has ordered a gossip magazine to pay €15,000 for publishing photos of what it said was President Francois Hollande visiting an actress for a secret tryst. Hollande broke up with his partner Valerie Trierweiler within days of the publication in Closer magazine in January. He has never denied an…
Spyware app turns the privacy tables on Google Glass wearers
John Zorabedian writes: Critics of Google Glass usually remark on how the device allows its owner to take photos and videos of other people without their knowledge or consent, which has contributed to some backlash, including bans on Glass in some establishments and an alleged assault on a Glass user. But a spyware app developed by two researchers has shown that Google…