Tag: cyber security
Juniper Research: Number of IoT devices to triple by 2021
UK analyst firm Juniper Research has suggested that IoT devices will see a 200 percent increase from 2016 to 2021.
Driven in part by a reduction...
US think-tank calls for IoT device design to be regulated
The Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology, a think tank based in Washington DC, has issued a report calling for IoT device design to be...
Industry report urges vendors to act on IoT security flaws
With major IoT security flaws continuing to be exploited by hackers and malware, the Broadband Internet Technical Advisory Group (BITAG) has made sweeping recommendations...
400 platforms, 100+ standards and one big fat reality check for...
The IoT community likes to get excited by the potential number of connected devices, and the revenue that could generate for solution providers – but there...
Large-scale IoT security breach coming in 2017, Forrester predicts
There will be a large-scale IoT security breach next year, according to analyst firm Forrester, which gave its 2017 predictions for the IoT space...
Newly created IoT botnet infects 3,500 connected devices
An online criminal has created a new type of malware to hack into IoT devices, push them into a botnet, to launch DDoS attacks.
The...
Schneider Electric IIoT security flaw opens the door to hackers
Security researchers have discovered a vulnerability in Schneider Electric's industrial controller software that could allow hackers to take over industrial networks.
According to cyber-security firm...
DDoS attack takes down Twitter, ramifications for IoT in enterprise
A successful DDoS attack blocked user access to many popular websites, including Netflix, Spotify and Twitter, last Friday. Security researchers believe that thousands of compromised...
Nearly two-thirds of organizations lack IoT visibility
Security pinpointed as a major issue for devices, as a new survey finds nearly two thirds of organizations lack Internet of Things (IoT) visibility.
Tradition...
Cloud Security Alliance issues guidelines on IoT security
The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) has issued a range of new guidelines in a bid to help IoT designers and developers understand IoT security...
SANs offers security advice to battle Internet of Things botnets
Botnets exploiting loopholes in IoT security will continue unless vendors and network operators step up and work together.
Forgetting to reset default usernames and passwords...
IoT Blockchain alliance to deliver security for connected devices
Guardtime, an industrial Blockchain platform, and Intrinsic-ID, an embedded authentication provider, have announced an alliance to deliver security and governance for the Internet of Things...