Manufacturers need to invest more effort into protecting root-level access to connected devices, security researcher says. A vast majority of IoT hardware in homes and…
Category: IoT
IoT Botnets and DDoS Attacks: Architecting Against Disaster
Cybercriminals have many different ways of exploiting network vulnerabilities and weak spots in our cyber defenses. Considering that the number of devices we use on…
Home security cams hacked in Singapore, and stolen footage sold on adult websites
In Singapore, it’s not at all uncommon today for people to have IP cameras all over their homes. And, of course, the more people who…
A new IOT botnet is infecting Android-based set-top boxes
A new IoT botnet named Ares is infecting Android-based devices that have left a debug port exposed on the Internet. Among this botnet’s most common…
Even DSLR cameras are vulnerable to ransomware
Cameras are among the few devices that don’t connect to the internet, so you’d think they’d be immune to hackers. However, researchers have discovered that some DSLRs…
Urgent11 Security Flaws Impact Routers, Printers, SCADA, And Many IoT Devices
Security researchers have disclosed details today about 11 vulnerabilities known collectively as “Urgent11” that impact a wide range of devices, from routers to medical systems,…
Mirai Groups Target Business IoT Devices
More than 30% of Mirai attacks and an increasing number of variants of the malware are going after enterprise IoT devices, raising the stakes for…
Harnessing DIY IoT to Manage Type 1 Diabetes
Early last year, my family was thrust quite suddenly into the world of type 1 diabetes (T1D). We spent almost a week in the hospital…
NSA: Turn off these smartphone features if you want your location to stay secret
The U.S. National Security Agency has urged the Department of Defense and other national-security personnel to deactivate Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and GPS on their phones if…
Garmin services and production go down after ransomware attack
Smartwatch and wearables maker Garmin has shut down several of its services today to deal with a ransomware attack that has encrypted its internal network…