A simple bug exposed access to thousands of smart security alarm systems

June 16, 2023

U.S. power and electronics giant Eaton has fixed a security vulnerability that allowed a security researcher to remotely access thousands of smart security alarm systems. Security researcher Vangelis Stykas said he found the vulnerability in Eaton’s SecureConnect, a cloud-based system that allows customers to remotely access, manage, and arm and disarm their security alarm systems […]

A simple bug exposed access to thousands of smart security alarm systems by Zack Whittaker originally published on TechCrunch

Musk woos ad giants in Paris to fix Twitter’s woes

June 16, 2023

In a steaming-hot, packed, VivaTech hall in Paris today, Twitter owner Elon Musk waxed lyrical on his various accomplishments, but demured over some of the bigger questions hanging over his various companies. After walking on stage and joking that he might be a “hologram or an android”, Musk also quipped that Twitter was “expensive” and […]

Musk woos ad giants in Paris to fix Twitter’s woes by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch

The Download: waiting at the US border, and seaweed’s carbon capture shortcomings

June 16, 2023
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. The new US border wall is an app Keisy Plaza, 39, left her home in Colombia seven months ago. She walked a 62-mile stretch of dense mountainous rainforest and swampland with her two…