Your Password Can Be Guessed By An App Listening To Your Keystrokes
Researchers from SMU’s (Southern Methodist University) Darwin Deason Institute for Cyber-security have found that the sound waves produced when we type on a computer keyboard can be picked up by a smartphone and a skilled hacker could decipher which keys were struck. Why? The research was carried out to test whether the ‘always-on’ sensors in devices […]
Over A Million Fingerprints Exposed In Data Breach
It has been reported that more than one million fingerprints have been exposed online by biometric security firm Suprema which appears to have installed its standard Biostar 2 product on an open network. Suprema and Biostar 2 Suprema is a South Korea-based biometric technology company and is one of the world’s top 50 security manufacturers. […]
Facial Recognition at King’s Cross Prompts ICO Investigation
The UK’s data protection watchdog (the Information Commissioner’s Office i.e. the ICO) has said that it will be investigating the use of facial recognition cameras at King’s Cross by Property Development Company Argent. What Happened? Following reports in the Financial Times newspaper, the ICO says that it is launching an investigation into the use of live […]
Robot Tuck Shops About To Hit U.S. College Campuses
San Francisco-based start-up, Starship Technologies, has announced that it will be putting food delivery robots that respond to phone app orders on 100 U.S. university campuses in the next 24 months. The Bots It has been reported that 25 to 50 of the (23Kg battery-powered, six-wheeled) Starship bots will be let loose on each campus, […]
