Security News

IoT Security Firm Red Balloon Raises $22 Million
2018-04-04 14:20

Red Balloon Security, a provider of embedded device security solutions, announced on Wednesday that it has secured $21.9 million through a Series A funding round led by Bain Capital Ventures. This...

Public Hearing on IoT Risks
2018-04-03 11:22

The US Consumer Product Safety Commission is holding hearings on IoT risks: The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC, Commission, or we) will conduct a public hearing to receive...

Using deception to gain enterprise IoT attack visibility
2018-03-28 12:30

The main lessons from attacks against Internet of Things (IoT) devices are to change default usernames and passwords, use longer passphrases to avoid brute force attacks, and make sure devices...

IoT device management market size worth $5.1 billion by 2025
2018-03-28 11:30

The global IoT device management market size is anticipated to reach USD 5.1 billion by 2025, according to a new report by Grand View Research, exhibiting a 28.3% CAGR during the forecast period....

Third-party IoT risk management not a priority
2018-03-27 12:15

With the proliferation of IoT devices used in organizations to support business, technology and operations innovation, respondents to an Ponemon Institute study were asked to evaluate their...

Week in review: PKI and IoT, Facebook’s trust crisis, understanding email fraud
2018-03-26 02:00

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: Top cybersecurity evasion and exfiltration techniques used by attackers SS8 released its 2018 Threat Rewind Report,...

Worldwide IoT security spending to reach $1.5 billion in 2018
2018-03-22 12:30

IoT-based attacks are already a reality. A recent CEB, now Gartner, survey found that nearly 20 percent of organizations observed at least one IoT-based attack in the past three years. To protect...

UK govt wants IoT manufacturers to take responsability for security
2018-03-08 13:49

The UK government aims to shift the burden of securing IoT devices away from consumers and put the onus of securing them squarely on the manufacturers. “Poorly secured devices threaten...