Internet of thingsSmart home hacks
Hacking security cameras through a smart light switch — and other interesting features of smart homes.
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Hacking our boss’s smart home
Fibaro Smart Home Centers can be hacked, and the consequences for smart home owners are big.
smart devicesWhy buying a “smart” padlock is a bad idea
It seems the only reason to buy a “smart” padlock is to make lock-pickers happy.
IoTHacking smart car alarm systems
Systems designed to guard against car theft can be used to track, immobilize, and steal vehicles.
A helping hand for a smart hand: How we hacked it so others wouldn’t
At Mobile World Congress 2019, our experts presented a study on the security of Motorica smart artificial limbs.
A small sex toy with big problems
Analysis of a German sex toy reveals all sorts of vulnerabilities.
Printers gone mad
50,000 printers worldwide suddenly printed a leaflet in support of youtuber PewDiePie. How can you protect your printer from hackers?
Things of Internet: How smart devices fail because of their Web dependence
Smart home appliances are dependent on remote servers, apps, and other things, which can cause all kinds of trouble.
What’s a guest Wi-Fi network, and why do you need one?
We explain what a guest Wi-Fi network is, how to set one up, and what video game consoles and other IoT devices have to do with it.
black hatIoT security leads to legal headaches
Are the IoT’s security issues placing the industry on the road to a litigation nightmare?
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In defense of the IoT: First-hand experience
The day I turned home network defender and stopped making fun of IoT developers.
A robot’s ransom
Researchers investigate how vulnerabilities in robots can be exploited to take control of them.
Your smart camera is not immune to intrusion
Internet of things is not getting any safer: Our experts analyzed a smart camera and found numerous vulnerabilities.
Modern yacht hacking
Yachts are now Internet-friendly — and vulnerable because developers aren’t focusing on information security.
Smart home apocalypse
At MWC 2018, Kaspersky Lab researchers show how easily a smart home can be hacked.
Xiaomi Mi Robot vacuum cleaner hacked
Xiaomi’s robotic vacuum cleaner was hacked by security researchers. However, it proved much more secure than most other smart devices.
The vulnerable Internet of Things
A new study by Kaspersky Lab showed how insecure smart devices really are. We explain how to cope.
Kaspersky IoT Scanner: How to keep your home network and its smart devices safe
The Internet of Things is vulnerable like nothing else. What should you do to secure your smart home and other devices on the home network?
Tizen OS: 40 new vulnerabilities
Samsung releases more and more devices with Tizen OS. At SAS 2017, we found out that this OS is highly insecure.