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Robot vacuum cleaners hacked to spy on, insult owners

Multiple Ecovacs robot vacuum cleaners have been hacked to yell obscenities and insults through the onboard speakers.

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A week in security (October 7 – October 13)

A list of topics we covered in the week of October 7 to October 13 of 2024

Modern TVs have “unprecedented capabilities for surveillance and manipulation,” group reveals

The Center for Digital Democracy calls on the FTC, the FCC, and California regulators to look at connected TV practices.

Internet Archive suffers data breach and DDoS

The Internet Archive has been hit hard by a data breach and several DDoS attacks all around the same time.

Google Search user interface: A/B testing shows security concerns remain

While Google is experimenting on how its search results page looks like, we are reminded of what users need the most: indicators of confidence.

AI girlfriend site breached, user fantasies stolen

Chatbot companion platform muah.ai was hacked and had its chatbot prompts stolen.

MoneyGram confirms customer data breach

Money transfer giant MoneyGram has notified customers about a data breach that has spilt sensitive customer information.

Exposing the Facebook funeral livestream scam (Lock and Code S05E21)

This week on the Lock and Code podcast, we speak with Zach Hinkle and Pieter Arntz about the Facebook funeral livestream scam.

Comcast and Truist Bank customers impacted by debt collector’s breach

A data breach at a US debt collection agency has led to the loss of data of some Comcast and Truist Bank customers.

Large scale Google Ads campaign targets utility software

Malicious Google sponsored results disguised as software downloads lead to malware.