Security News

Smart homes, dumb devices: Making the IoT safe
2018-09-25 05:30

The Internet of Things is growing by the second. Gartner predicts that by 2020, there will be 20.4 billion connected devices worldwide. Unfortunately, this vast network presents hackers with an...

Blockchain hustler beats the house with smart contract hack
2018-09-14 12:43

A hacker used their own code to tamper with a smart contract run by a betting company, and walked off with $24,000.

Security Vulnerability in Smart Electric Outlets
2018-09-12 11:19

A security vulnerability in Belkin's Wemo Insight "smartplugs" allows hackers to not only take over the plug, but use it as a jumping-off point to attack everything else on the network. From the...

Global market for smart city platforms expected to reach $755 million by 2027
2018-09-12 05:30

Driven by Internet of Things (IoT) deployments, as well as other smart technologies, smart city platforms provide the integrated capability to coordinate data, applications, and services at one or...

Lenovo and Pivot3 optimize smart city security
2018-08-31 12:44

Lenovo and Pivot3 announced a strategic partnership to develop, market and sell a new set of edge computing solutions optimized for mission-critical smart city security. The integrated appliances...

Researchers Shine Light on Smart-Bulb Data Theft
2018-08-29 13:28

The attack allows snooping of data from environments that are highly secure or air-gapped using infrared signals from smart bulbs.

Hacking smart plugs to enter business networks
2018-08-23 19:20

McAfee researchers have discovered a buffer overflow flaw in Belkin’s Wemo Insight Smart Plug that can be exploited by attackers to access and interfere with other networked devices and the...

Using smart meter data constitutes a search, but court allows them anyway
2018-08-23 10:58

US cities using smart meters narrowly escaped a legal problem this month when a court decided that the benefits of these IoT devices outweighed the privacy issues created by collecting detailed...

Smart plug flaw gives hackers access to business networks, highlights IoT security challenges
2018-08-22 13:11

A flaw in Belkin's Wemo Insight Smart Plug could give attackers access to a user's network, according to McAfee.