Security News

IoT Village uncovers 47 security vulnerabilities across 23 devices (Help Net Security)
2016-09-16 14:00

New dangers in both home security and municipal power facilities were revealed as the results of the 2nd Annual IoT Village, held at DEF CON 24 in Las Vegas. More than 47 new vulnerabilities were...

68% of organizations don’t have an IoT test strategy (Help Net Security)
2016-09-15 12:45

Capgemini and HPE examined the state of application quality and testing practices across multiple industries and 32 countries. They discovered that, despite 85% claiming that IoT products are a...

Organization must modify the network access policy to address IoT devices (Help Net Security)
2016-09-12 13:05

By 2020, 21 billion of Internet of Things (IoT) devices will be in use worldwide. Of these, close to 6 percent will be in use for industrial IoT applications. However, IT organizations have issues...

Are all IoT vulnerabilities easily avoidable? (Help Net Security)
2016-09-09 13:15

Every vulnerability or privacy issue reported for consumer connected home and wearable technology products since November 2015 could have been easily avoided, according to the Online Trust...

Mirai Linux Trojan corrals IoT devices into DDoS botnets (Help Net Security)
2016-09-07 13:30

Mirai, a newly discovered and still poorly detected piece of Linux malware, is being used to rope IoT devices into DDoS botnets. Researchers from MalwareMustDie have recently gotten their hands on...

Week in review: USBee, DNSSEC abuse, and IoT security research (Help Net Security)
2016-09-03 13:00

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, podcasts and articles: Linux servers hit with FairWare ransomware – or is it just a scam? Victims of the attack find their web...

How a security researcher is tackling IoT security testing (Help Net Security)
2016-09-02 12:20

“A common misconception people in the industry have regarding my work as a security researcher is that I am sharing information that puts businesses at risk. And also, that I spend all day...