All smartwatches are vulnerable to cyber attacks, HP study finds

Sooraj Shah
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HP believes test of 10 smartwatches is a good indicator of current security posture of all smartwatch devices

Smartwatches are open to cyber attacks after a new report found significant security vulnerabilities in all smartwatches that were tested. The study was conducted by HP Fortify, using manual tes...

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