Weekly Cyber Security News 20/11/2020

A selection of this week’s more interesting vulnerability disclosures and cyber security news. For a daily selection see our twitter feed at #ionCube24. I have a few IoT related articles this week. Let’s start with a really disturbing swatting incident originating from a breach of a Ring door bell:

• North Port family left shaken after unexpected swatting incident

Next up is the inevitable car hack of course…

• Consumer Watchdog Hacks A Tesla to Prove Dangers of Wirelessly Connected Cars

To wrap up, a really interesting (although complex chain) attack on a robot vacuum. There could be future scope as a range of devices at home are equipped with LiDAR as that tech is really useful for local AV avoidance detection:

• Robot Vacuums Suck Up Sensitive Audio in ‘LidarPhone’ Hack – Researchers have unveiled an attack that allows attackers to eavesdrop on homeowners inside their homes, through the LiDAR sensors on their robot vacuums.