Security News

Worldwide IoT spending to reach $1.29 trillion in 2020 (Help Net Security)
2017-01-09 12:30

Worldwide IoT spending is forecast to reach $737 billion in 2016 as organizations invest in the hardware, software, services, and connectivity that enable the IoT. According to IDC, global IoT...

IoT Trust Framework: The foundation for future IoT certification programs (Help Net Security)
2017-01-05 14:30

The Online Trust Alliance (OTA) released its updated IoT Trust Framework. Serving as a product development and risk assessment guide for developers, purchasers and retailers of Internet of things...

FTC Issues Public Challenge to Improve IoT Patching (Threatpost)
2017-01-04 20:44

The FTC announced the IoT Home Inspector Challenge, a contest with the goal of coming up with a patching solution fit for consumer-grade connected devices used in the home.

New Call to Regulate IoT Security By Design (Threatpost)
2016-12-08 16:27

A D.C. think tank recommends regulations that mandate IoT security by design before attacks infiltrate critical infrastructure, financial and health care organizations.

The early IoT gets the worm (Help Net Security)
2016-12-07 13:15

Five days after the start of World War I, Sir Edward Grey, British Foreign Secretary, remarked to a close friend, “The lights are going out all over Europe, we shall not see them lit again in our...

Week in review: PoisonTap compromises locked computers, how hackers will exploit IoT in 2017 (Help Net Security)
2016-11-20 13:00

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, podcasts, reviews and articles: Researchers reveal WiFi-based mobile password discovery attack A group of researchers has come up...

Business strategy and innovation framework for the industrial IoT (Help Net Security)
2016-11-18 12:30

The Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC), the global, member-supported organization that promotes the accelerated growth of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), announced the publication of...

Regulation May Be Best Answer to IoT Insecurity (Threatpost)
2016-11-16 18:10

Technologists, including Bruce Schneier, testifying before a House committee today on IoT security said that regulation could be the only answer to solving existing vulnerabilities.

Consumer and business perspectives on IoT, augmented reality risks (Help Net Security)
2016-11-14 14:00

As every business becomes a digital business, the spread of technology such as augmented reality (AR) and Internet of Things (IoT) devices can add significant business value and personal...