Tag: security
Deutsche Telekom prepares drone defense system
Deutsche Telekom is reportedly finalizing plans to launch a drone defense system this year, according to German publication Welt am Sonntag.
The company is looking...
Canonical makes a play at Industrial IoT security with Ubuntu 16
Computer software company, Canonical, has today released its latest open source software platform, Ubuntu 16, in a move to tackle IoT device security.
The Ubuntu 16...
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...
Visa and Intel set to cash-in on secure IoT device payments
Visa and Intel have this week announced that they are working together to bring payments and data security technologies to Internet of Things (IoT)...
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...
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...
Faulty by default, how do we build IoT software safely?
The security vulnerabilities already present and prevalent across the Internet of Things (IoT) leaves a responsibility at the feet of the embedded software architects...
IoT devices, CCTV cameras hit in world’s largest DDoS attack
Internet of Things (IoT) devices responsible for 1.1Tbps Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) on hosting company.
Around 150,000 hacked CCTV cameras were used as part...
Microsoft trumps security as biggest obstacle to enterprise IoT adoption
Risks in Internet of Things devices prevent many firms from being convinced of merits.
Despite many IoT projects proving successful, a lot of organisations are...