A university project aims to build a lightweight virtualization architecture that can be used to bake cybersecurity into connected systems from the design phase.
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Hacked: yup, even your skateboard isn’t safe
Security researchers have revealed the latest IoT security blunder by hacking electric skateboards via a Bluetooth controller.
Baby, you can hack my car: researchers take over a Jeep from 10 miles away
Two renowned security researchers have discovered a way to remotely hack into and take over a Jeep Cherokee, controlling the brakes and accelerator as well as other components. 
“Probably tired and shagged out after a long squawk” – 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]
Our weekly witty-but-serious video – news you can use, and it only takes a minute. Enjoy…
Privacy group wants to shut down “eavesdropping” Barbie
It’s worried about kids’ voices being recorded by a corporation that will then target ads at them, but it should be far more worried about security and privacy. 
“Cheaper car insurance” dongle could lead to a privacy wreck
You’d hope that the developers of a dongle that tracks your driving paid a lot of attention to computer security. Or, in fact, any attention at all…
Internet of Things is a threat to privacy, says FTC
Minimizing the amount of data collected is one way to mitigate risk, suggested FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez during a speech at the internet-enabled gadget-engorged Consumer Electronics Show.
SSCC 179 – What kind of a name is “Lizard Squad”? [PODCAST]
Here’s the latest episode of our regular security podcast. This week: phishing, spamming, zombification, SCADA and the Internet of Things, and the curiously named cybervandals that go by “Lizard Squad.”
HP finds that “Internet of Things” gadgets are sitting ducks
TVs, webcams, thermostats, remote power outlets, sprinkler controllers, door locks, home alarms, scales and garage door openers: they’re all flunking Security 101, with issues as bad as “Sure, go ahead, we consider ‘1234’ to be a perfectly acceptable password.”
Introducing Jibo: adorable home robot or the Eye of Sauron?
Launched by famed MIT Media Labs roboticist Cynthia Breazeal, he’s poised to smile, dance, and giggle his way into our hearts, our homes, and hopefully not into the lucrative position of pawning data about where we like to shop. 