Over the past couple of years, Roombas haven’t just been picking up dust and chauffeuring cats around, they’ve also been mapping the layout of your home. Now, Colin Angle, the chief executive of Roomba maker iRobot, has said he wants to share the data from these maps in order to improve the future of smart home technology.
The Verge: Roombas have been busy mapping our homes, and now that data could be shared »
Persirai is a new strain of Internet of Things malware that infects more than 1,250 models of security camera, all manufactured by an unnamed Chinese manufacturer that has sold at least 185,000 units worldwide.
BoingBoing: 185,000+ IoT security cameras are vulnerable to a new worm »
“It’s like this perfect test case,” says Andrew Ferguson, a professor of law at the University of the District of Columbia. “Alexa is only one of the smart devices in that guy’s house. I don’t know if all of them were on or recording, but if you were going to set up a hypothetical situation to decide if the internet of things could be used as an investigative tool, you’ve got this mysterious hot tub murder.”
Techcrunch: Can your smart home be used against you in court? »
WikiLeaks will give technology companies access to information it has about the CIA’s hacking tools, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said Thursday.
Assange said the organization will give details to let technology companies “develop fixes” before the information is published more widely, USA Today reported.
The Hill: WikiLeaks will give info on CIA hacking to tech companies »
A first look at the Wikileaks #Vault7 leak on CIA hacking and mass surveillance.
BoingBoing: Unsecured Internet of Things gadgets get hacked within 40 minutes of being connected to the net »
