We Experienced an Apple Smart Home Apartment and Discovered Several Truths About HomeKit

We Experienced an Apple Smart Home Apartment and Discovered Several Truths About HomeKit

At the entrance, there is a password lock on the door handle, and as long as the phone has power, it can issue commands to Siri; stepping into the foyer, saying “I’m home” to Siri lights up the lights throughout the house, and the air purifier’s fan starts to run smoothly—this is a preset HomeKit … Read more

Students Hack Under-Desk Sensors Installed by University and Create Open Source Guide

Students Hack Under-Desk Sensors Installed by University and Create Open Source Guide

Produced by Big Data DigestAuthor: CalebOn a night in early October, a significant project was underway at the Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Complex (ISEC) at Northeastern University in the United States.According to PhD student Max von Hippel from the Privacy Institute, sensors were being installed under all the desks in the building that night. ISEC … Read more

Smart Home Devices Turned into Peeping Tools: Your Privacy is Being Live-Streamed and Sold

Smart Home Devices Turned into Peeping Tools: Your Privacy is Being Live-Streamed and Sold

Your smart camera on the bedside table may currently be live-streaming in the dark web, being bid on at a price of 0.5 yuan per minute. In fact, in the first case of camera intrusion cracked by the Beijing police, hackers took only 19 days to gain control of over 200 households’ surveillance devices, with … Read more

Overview of Searchable Encryption Technology

Overview of Searchable Encryption Technology

Abstract Searchable encryption technology is a method for protecting user privacy, widely applied in data sharing, cloud computing, and location privacy protection. This article mainly introduces the basic knowledge, implementation methods, security threats, application scenarios, and future development directions of this technology. The article first introduces the concept of searchable encryption, then discusses existing symmetric … Read more

Understanding Tesla’s Data Security Concerns in Connected Cars

Understanding Tesla's Data Security Concerns in Connected Cars

At the 2021 Shanghai Auto Show, a female car owner, wearing a T-shirt that read “Brake Failure,” passionately accused Tesla from the roof of her car. Is there really a brake failure? Without data, we cannot know. However, Tesla’s strong corporate stance has made driving data a luxury for car owners seeking to protect their … Read more

Analysis of Security Risks of Smart Speakers and Development Suggestions

Analysis of Security Risks of Smart Speakers and Development Suggestions

Smart speakers are devices that utilize technologies such as computer networks, the Internet, audio and video to provide users with information and life services, featuring functionalities like voice recognition, voice interaction, natural language understanding, and speech synthesis. Currently, security issues with smart speakers are frequent: In May 2017, Alexa was reported to have eavesdropped on … Read more

Seven Major Data Compliance Challenges in IoT Edge Computing

Seven Major Data Compliance Challenges in IoT Edge Computing

Source: On August 6, 2022, the Global Edge Computing Conference in Shenzhen, organized by the Edge Computing Community, concluded successfully. At the conference, Wang Jie, Executive Director of Kenting (Guangzhou) Law Firm, was invited to give a speech titled “Edge Computing – Seven Major Data Compliance Challenges in IoT Scenarios.” Speaker: Wang Jie, Executive Director … Read more

A Brief Discussion on Security Threats in Edge Computing

A Brief Discussion on Security Threats in Edge Computing

Introduction Abstract Edge computing, as a new computing paradigm following cloud computing, processes part of the data at the terminal, bringing computation closer to users and data sources at the network edge. This effectively avoids problems such as data latency, high data centralization, and network jitter. The unique advantages of low latency, mobility, and cost-effectiveness … Read more

7 IoT Devices That Make Security Experts Cringe

Every day, a large number of IoT devices that have not undergone strict security testing connect to our lives. We must realize that this is a process of gradually accumulating risks. Just as we require vehicles on highways to comply with safety standards and undergo annual inspections to ensure traffic safety, there are no comprehensive … Read more

Safety Risks of Shared Power Banks Using Raspberry Pi

Safety Risks of Shared Power Banks Using Raspberry Pi

Last night, while going out for dinner, I stumbled upon this: This must be the so-called “shared power bank” right? I don’t know how you feel about it, but this thing has been all over my feed in the past few days… Shared bikes, another member of the “sharing family,” have not been doing well … Read more