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Google finally lets you view its latest Nest cameras on the web
It took a while, but you no longer need to use an app just to check on your home through a current-gen Nest camera. As The Vergeexplains, Google has introduced a home.google.com portal in preview that offers web viewing for the latest Nest Cam and Nest Doorbell models. You can’t watch recorded video, but you can catch the live feed, zoom in and turn cameras on or off.
The functionality is rolling out within the next week for battery-powered and wired Nest Cam models (including floodlight, Indoor, Outdoor and IQ variants) as well as the battery-based Nest Doorbell and its two wired counterparts (the Nest Hello and Doorbell second-gen). You can wake any battery devices.
Google already offered a web view for Nest cameras, but that support didn’t carry over to the products released in 2021. General Manager Rishi Chandra told customers a web view would be available this year. It’s not certain what prevented these newer models from simply using the old home.nest.com portal, but it’s safe to say this was frustrating when numerous competing cameras had web support.
Whatever the reason, the web viewer makes recent Nest cameras and doorbells more useful. You can check on the front door or a pet rom your work computer rather than pulling out your phone. Google also stresses that it will continue to add “more popular camera features” over time, so you might not need the mobile app as much going forward.
Microsoft Word Now Has Dark Mode on the Web
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Microsoft Word has offered an optional dark mode for a while now, providing a better reading and editing experience at night. It has been missing from the online version, but that’s finally changing.
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Pro-Russian ‘Hacktivists’ Temporarily Disrupted Some US State Government Web Sites
The Kentucky Board of Elections’ website, which posts information on how to register to vote, was also temporarily offline on Wednesday, but it was not immediately clear what caused that outage. The board of elections’ website is also managed by the Kentucky government, though the hackers did not specifically list the board as a target…. Websites like that of the Kentucky Board of Elections are not directly involved in the casting or counting of votes, but they can provide useful information for voters….
The hacking group claiming responsibility for Wednesday’s website outage is known as Killnet and stepped up their activity after Russia’s February invasion of Ukraine to target organizations in NATO countries. They are a loose band of so-called “hacktivists” — politically motivated hackers who support the Kremlin but whose ties to that government are unknown. The group also claimed responsibility for briefly downing a US Congress website in July, and for cyberattacks on organizations in Lithuania after the Baltic country blocked the shipment of some goods to the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad in June….
Officials at the FBI and CISA reiterated this week that any efforts by hackers to breach election infrastructure are “unlikely to result in largescale disruptions or prevent voting.”
Government Technology supplies some context:
Amsterdam-based threat intelligence technology and services provider EclecticIQ’s Threat Research team said in a blog post that Killnet appears to only have the capacity to launch DDoS attacks with short-term impact, and falls short of dealing lasting damage to victims’ network infrastructure. “Analysts believe that Killnet supporters are novice users with zero or limited experience with DDoS attacks, based on an analysis of Telegram messaging data and open-source reporting,” EclecticIQ wrote.
CNN described Killnet’s typical attacks as “crude hacks that temporarily knock websites offline but don’t do further damage to infrastructure.
“Killnet thrives off of public attention and bravado, and cybersecurity experts have to strike a balance between being mindful of Killnet’s online antics and not hyping a low-level threat.”
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Daily Crunch: Vice Society hackers post 500GB of data stolen from LA school district to dark web
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Daily Crunch: Vice Society hackers post 500GB of data stolen from LA school district to dark web by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch