Warning Issued Over Hackable ADT’s LifeShield Home Security Cameras

Newly discovered security vulnerabilities in ADT’s Blue (formerly LifeShield) home security cameras could have been exploited to hijack both audio and video streams. The vulnerabilities (tracked as CVE-2020-8101) were identified in the video doorbell camera by Bitdefender researchers in February 2020 before they were eventually addressed on August 17, 2020. LifeShield was acquired by Florida-based…

2021 Tech Trends: Moving Forward

It is time to move toward a better normal. How are we seeing technology trends coming together in spite of the COVID-19 pandemic? Some new research points to interesting trends. For 10 months, tech departments have been in a reactive mode to making decisions. Systems and technologies had to be implemented to enable businesses to…

5G and Wi-Fi 6 ‘blueprint’ sets out ‘limitless potential’ in Industry 4.0, smart cities

The Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) has released a “blueprint” for the combination of 5G and Wi-Fi 6 in the broad IoT sector, notably for smart industry, smart cities, smart buildings, and the smart home, as well as sundry edge-based network deployments. It said, done right, these two technologies offer enterprises “almost limitless potential”, in terms…