Security News

The early IoT gets the worm (Help Net Security)
2016-12-07 13:15

Five days after the start of World War I, Sir Edward Grey, British Foreign Secretary, remarked to a close friend, “The lights are going out all over Europe, we shall not see them lit again in our...

Self-Propagating Smart Light Bulb Worm (Schneier on Security)
2016-11-09 12:54

This is exactly the sort of Internet-of-Things attack that has me worried: "IoT Goes Nuclear: Creating a ZigBee Chain Reaction" by Eyal Ronen, Colin OFlynn, Adi Shamir and Achi-Or Weingarten....

PLC-Blaster Worm Targets Industrial Control Systems (Threatpost)
2016-08-05 20:49

Researchers create a self-propagating worm that can infect a Siemens’ PLC and can be programmed to bring an industrial control platform to its knees.

Ubiquity routers hit by backdoor-generating worm (Help Net Security)
2016-05-20 18:08

A worm targeting wireless network equipment developed by US-based Ubiquity Networks has already managed to compromise thousands of routers across the world. To spread it, whoever is behind these...