Security News

Thousands of IoT Devices Impacted by Published Credentials List (Security Week)
2017-08-28 15:52

Over 1,700 Internet of Things (IoT) devices worldwide are potentially exposed to hackers after a list containing their IPs and default login credentials emerged on Pastebin.com. read more

Calling Telnet: Effort Focuses on Fixing IoT Devices (InfoRiskToday)
2017-08-28 13:48

List of Credentials Causes Worry Over Mirai ReduxA list of weak credentials for vulnerable Internet of Things devices has prompted a new effort to notify their owners. The fear is of another mass,...

Race is On To Notify Owners After Public List of IoT Device Credentials Published (Threatpost)
2017-08-26 12:20

A list of device IPs and credentials has gone viral since Thursday, kicking off an effort by researchers to notify the owners of these connected devices before they're hacked.

Leak of >1,700 valid passwords could make the IoT mess much worse (ArsTechnica)
2017-08-25 19:40

List of unsecured devices lived in obscurity since June. Now, it's going mainstream.

Industrial Cobots Might Be The Next Big IoT Security Mess (Threatpost)
2017-08-22 12:00

Researchers at IOActive are sounding an early alarm on the security of industrial collaboration robots, or cobots. These machines work side-by-side with people and contain vulnerabilities that...

US, China and the UK are top regions affected by IoT security threats (Help Net Security)
2017-08-16 12:55

In the Internet of Things (IoT) ecosystem today, cyberattacks are becoming more diverse and sophisticated with cybercriminals taking over home network routers to launch attacks on smart home...

Who is better prepared for IoT-related attacks, SMEs or large organizations? (Help Net Security)
2017-08-10 13:30

Small and midsized organizations (SMEs) are taking more steps to protect themselves from security risks associated with the Internet of Things (IoT) than large businesses, according to Pwnie...

IoT Security: Where There is Smoke, There is Fire (Security Week)
2017-08-04 18:00

We have collectively heard the saying, “where there is smoke, there is fire” throughout our lives. And, sure enough, it is true far more often than it is false. I have been seeing a lot of smoke...

US senators introduce bill to improve IoT security, protect researchers probing it (Help Net Security)
2017-08-02 19:51

US Senators Mark Warner (D-VA), Cory Gardner (R-CO), Ron Wyden (D-WA) and Steve Daines (R-MT) introduced bipartisan legislation to improve the cybersecurity of Internet-connected devices. The...

New Legislation Could Force Security Into IoT (Security Week)
2017-08-02 17:59

After years of warnings from security experts and researchers, the Internet of Things (IoT) remains fundamentally insecure. Now a group of senators has introduced bipartisan legislation to force...