Security News

Asia must adopt 'data protection by design' in IoT era (ZDNet)
2016-11-10 01:43

Apocalypse now: The IoT DDoS threat (Help Net Security)
2016-11-08 13:15

One of the things you learn about humanity, if you’re paying attention, is that “gold rushes” bring out the worse in us. When there are no constraints and there is a greed motivator, people will...

Boffins turn phone into tracker by abusing pairing with that's right IoT kit (The Register)
2016-11-07 12:28

Research into IoT Security Is Finally Legal (Schneier on Security)
2016-11-07 11:33

For years, the DMCA has been used to stifle legitimate research into the security of embedded systems. Finally, the research exemption to the DMCA is in effect (for two years, but we can hope...

Researchers' Belkin Home Automation Hacks Show IoT Risks (InfoRiskToday)
2016-11-07 10:43

Week in review: Actively exploited Windows 0-day, ICS and IoT security (Help Net Security)
2016-11-06 13:00

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, podcasts and articles: 65% of Windows devices still running Windows 7, released in 2009 To analyze the current state of device...

Solving IoT Security - Pursuing Distributed Security Enforcement (SecurityWeek)
2016-11-05 13:58

Ubuntu Core 16 Aims to Bring Security to IoT Devices (November 3, 2016) (SANS Newsbites)
2016-11-04 19:43

Liberia DDoS blamed on Mirai IoT botnet (The Register)
2016-11-04 16:58

Linux/IRCTelnet creates new, powerful IoT DDoS botnet (Help Net Security)
2016-11-02 19:42

Linux/IRCTelnet (new Aidra), a new piece of Linux malware targeting IoT devices and turning them into DDoS-capable bots, has been spotted and analyzed by one of the researchers who share their...