Tag: Cybersecurity Assurance Program
Voice assistants hackable by laser
March 11, 2020Ginger Hill, Managing Editor
The more I think about it, the more I realize I'm a “house purist.” I like my home to be as free as possible from “extra” electronics of any kind. Sure, I have a laptop, smartphone and a rebuilt iPAD from 10 years ago, and I'm connected to the Internet, but I don't have cable TV and quite frankly, I refuse to put a voice assistant of any kind in my home … ever! It creeps me out that some random person can be listening, inserting themselves into my daily existence at any time.
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UL launches Cybersecurity Assurance Program
April 5, 2016Spencer Ives
NORTHBROOK, Ill.—UL today announced its new Cybersecurity Assurance Program, a standard by which companies can have their products tested and verified by UL for guard against well-known cyber risks.“[UL customers] were asking for a lot of support—as we do today from a safety perspective—in helping them address the risks associated with security,” Ken Modeste, UL's principal engineer, security and global communications, told Security Systems News. “The program really...