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It seems that some homes may be too smart for their own good. On Monday, March 5, researchers at the San Francisco RSA conference presented to an assembled crowd of journalists and cybersecurity experts an unexpected approach for hacking into the device-enabled homes of the modern day George and Lydia Hadley.

Orbiting hunks of metal make it possible for billions of earthlings to benefit from marvels of the digital age, from GPS signals and weather monitoring systems to the communication protocols for credit card authorizations and other complex transactions.

Smart home devices aren’t just for the home. Businesses are inviting more and more internet-connected devices into their offices and buildings as well. While the technology may simplify some tasks, security experts warn that the Internet of Things is also opening companies up to more security threats.

Today, endpoint security solution provider Trend Micro released their 2018 Trend Micro Cloud App Security Report. Trend Micro drew from the data collected by their Cloud App Security solution to formulate their findings; among these findings, Trend Micro discovered enterprises faced over 8 million high-risk email threats in 2018 alone—a significant increase over 2017.

A blue verified badge on Instagram is among the most sought after status symbols in the digital world, a must-have for many so-called influencers. But now a group of hackers are taking advantages of our obsession with appraisal online.