Security News

Smart home security devices most at risk in IoT-targeted cyber attacks
2019-06-13 04:30

Smart home security cameras equate to 47% of the most vulnerable devices followed by smart hubs such as Googlehome, Amazon Alexa, with the top countries executing attacks coming from China...

Trend Micro and NTT DOCOMO solution protects IoT devices running on DOCOMO’s mobile network
2019-06-13 03:00

Trend Micro, a global leader in cybersecurity solutions, announced NTT DOCOMO, Japan’s leading mobile operator and one of the world’s foremost contributors to 3G, 4G and 5G mobile network...

Cisco extends intent-based networking to the IoT edge
2019-06-11 22:45

Chemical plants, oil refineries and mines represent some of the most challenging work environments on Earth. In these industries, connectivity and data are business-critical, with production...

Zingbox IoT Command Center addresses security, management and optimization
2019-06-07 00:00

Zingbox, the provider of the most widely deployed Internet of Things (IoT) lifecycle management solution, announced the availability of Zingbox IoT Command Center. Powered by Artificial...

IoT Security Regulation is on the Horizon
2019-06-06 12:44

Ken Munro of Pen Test Partners hopes to see regulation for connected-device security in 2020.

Scientists uncover vulnerability in FPGAs, affecting cloud services and IoT
2019-06-03 06:00

Field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) are, so to say, a computer manufacturer’s “Lego bricks”: electronic components that can be employed in a more flexible way than other computer chips. Even...

New initiative aims to strengthen IoT security, interoperability and reliability
2019-05-30 05:00

The Zigbee Alliance publicly announced a major ongoing initiative to make smart home and IoT products easier to develop, deploy, and sell across ecosystems. The All Hubs Initiative is driven by a...

Outmaneuvering Threat Actors in the Age of Industrial IoT (IIoT)
2019-05-29 17:48

ISMG and Fortinet hosted a roundtable dinner in Atlanta on May 7 focused on "Outmaneuvering Threat Actors in the Age of Industrial IoT (IIoT)". Challenges in communication and gaining buy in from...

5G IoT: Literally a Matter of Life or Death
2019-05-29 17:37

High-risk applications that require zero latency, like remote surgery, could cause loss of life in the event of a cyberattack.

IoT cyberattacks are the new normal, the security mindset isn’t
2019-05-29 08:23

Eight in ten organizations have experienced a cyberattack on their IoT devices in the past 12 months, according to new research by Irdeto. Of those organizations, 90% experienced an impact as a...