Is the Internet of Things the Next Ransomware Target?

Ransomware attacks over the last couple years have been traumatic, impacting nearly every business sector and costing billions of dollars. The targets have mostly been our data: steal it, encrypt it, and then charge us a fee to get it back. Over the last several years, there's been concern across...

When the IoT vendor goes bust

Over recent years, legislation has started to emerge to protect consumers from unethical behaviour from IoT vendors. Far too many smart devices didn’t charge for a subscription to the online platform that made the device ‘smart’. As a result, manufacturers had a perverse incentive to end-of-life...

Warning Issued Over Hackable ADT's LifeShield Home Security Cameras

Newly discovered security vulnerabilities in ADT's Blue formerly LifeShield home security cameras could have been exploited to hijack both audio and video streams. The vulnerabilities tracked as CVE-2020-8101 were identified in the video doorbell camera by Bitdefender researchers in February 2020...

BBC Inside Out. Consumer advice for the ‘smart’ homeowner

We were recently asked to demonstrate security flaws in a smart home for the BBC Inside Out TV show. We’ve done this before, so what was different? This home was by far the most connected we had looked at. Typically, homes have a few smart devices; a smart thermostat, CCTV, maybe a doorbell and...

Podcast: Key Takeaways For DevOps in BSIMM9

Synopsys released its ninth annual Building Security in Maturity Model report BSIMM9 last week. The report tracked 120 firms to look at 116 unique activities among 415,000 developers. Gary McGraw, vice president of security technology at Synopsys, talked to the Threatpost about an emerging new...

EU Cybersecurity Act IoT FAIL

The EU recently announced that its plans for a Cybersecurity Act had been backed by industry committee MEPs. This was a significant opportunity for consumer IoT security to be regulated and resolve the current mess. Sadly, they’ve stopped short and made the code voluntary for all but certain...

Global actually has 2 0 0 million IoT devices there is also 1 2 years ago OpenSSH“hardcore”vulnerability is! - Vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net

IoT, in the early years, this also slightly strange term, and now has gone to the all aspects of our lives, such as the cloud monitor, the network of industrial control devices, the satellite antenna device, and so on. However, IoT security is also have troubling one problem, most of the safety...