Tag Archive for: Remote

Hackers steal photos, turn Wi-Fi cameras into remote surveillance device

With so many people seizing the convenience of using their smartphone cameras to point, shoot and share, embedded GPS location and all, digital camera manufacturers have been offering more “social” options such as built-in Wi-Fi capabilities and camera apps to quickly share photos and videos.
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Can Microsoft Xbox’s voice as a remote control win the hearts of Siri lovers?

The big news today is the Xbox 360 update being pushed out to birth an amazing user experience; now your voice is the controller to navigate TV shows, movies, games, music and a plethora of content providers on Xbox Live. Engadget showed off “Microsoft’s new baby” Metro and the revamped interface which did away with “single-file tiles” to a sleeker and snappier “single page Metr Read more

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Fake Microsoft scammers lure users into granting remote access to PCs – Computer Weekly

Hackers claiming to represent Microsoft are using phishing attacks to dupe UK residential and business PC users into paying for fake anti-malware software and services. The cyber criminals, claiming to represent a Microsoft partner company, E-Pro Solutions …
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‘Remote control’ computer programs pose terror risks to aeroplanes – News.com.au

Australian cyber-security expert Ty Miller … “That would give us full administrator access to the whole computer system and access to potentially sensitive documents and data,” he said. He cited the Stuxnet worm incident, where an unknown attacker …
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