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Bruce Schneier: Public-service technologists are needed to tame the IoT

Issued by: CIO Security

The internet of things needs to be regulated and soon before it becomes even more of a tool to facilitate cyberattacks, and that means coming up with civic-minded technologists to help formulate government policies, security expert Bruce Schneier told an RSA Conference 2017 audience. The problem is governments lack the technological expertise to understand the…

Network Security

What happens if your thermostat is hacked? Researchers name the top 7 security threats

Issued by: CIO Security

What happens if a bad actor turns off your heat in the middle of winter, then demands $1,000 to turn it back on? Or even holds a small city’s power for ransom? Those kinds of attacks were among the top threats that security experts worried about at the RSA security conference this week. While consumers…

Network Security

Are companies doing enough on the IoT security front?

Issued by: CSO

We continue to hear dire warnings about the inherent security risks of the Internet of Things (IoT), and indeed IoT-related incidents are happening. With many companies beginning to capture IoT data from connected devices, a key question is are they doing enough to ensure that data and networks are secure? If security executives thought they…

Network Security

Will 2017 be the Year IoT Threats Go Mainstream?

Issued by: Trend Micro Blog

The Internet of Things (IoT) is changing the way we live and work forever. It makes us more productive, healthier and happier, and it enables businesses to work smarter, more efficiently and with greater agility. There’s just one problem: from a security perspective IoT devices are fundamentally flawed. And the bad guys are getting pretty…

Network Security

John McAfee’s 3 major cybersecurity predictions for 2017

Issued by: CSO

John McAfee, CEO at MGT Capital Investments, Inc. (MGTI) provides CSO with his predictions for 2017. 1. “IoT denial of service attacks on major Internet carriers, like the one carried out on Dyn earlier year will become commonplace, and the severity will be orders of magnitude greater than what we have seen. The 2016 IoT DDoS…

Malware & Threats

The Coolest Hacks Of 2016

Issued by: Linux Blog

In a year when ransomware became the new malware and cyber espionage became a powerful political propaganda tool for Russia, it’s easy to forget that not all hacking in 2016 was so ugly and destructive. Sure, cybercrime and cyber espionage this past year turned the corner into more manipulative and painful territory for victims. But…

Network Security

Data breaches through wearables put target squarely on IoT in 2017

Issued by: CSO

Forrester predicts that more than 500,000 internet of things (IoT) devices will suffer a compromise in 2017, dwarfing Heartbleed. Drop the mic — enough said. With the sheer velocity of how the distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks spread through common household items such as DVR players, makes this sector scary from a security standpoint.

Network Security

IDG Contributor Network: Grid security insights for 2017: Pressure mounts to prevent physical attacks

Issued by: CSO

As we close out 2016 and look forward to 2017, it seems appropriate to pause a moment and provide some grid security predictions for the new year. Predictions based on trends, insight, and understanding can arm security programs with the knowledge needed to test policies, exercise physical protection systems, and allocate corporate funds for resources….

Network Security

IDG Contributor Network: What your CEO needs to know about securing the Internet of Things

Issued by: CIO Security

The recent Internet of Things-based DDoS attack on Dyn heralded the beginning of a new era for businesses. For better or for worse, industry experts’ warnings about the need to consider all “endpoints” rather than limiting security efforts to workstations and servers were vindicated. The event should be a wake-up call. Already six in 10…

Vulnerabilities

Feds provide legal loophole to hacking IoT devices

Issued by: CSO

It was an especially happy Thanksgiving for security researchers, thanks to what they have called long-overdue exemptions to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Those exemptions, which took effect Oct. 28, provide a two-year window allowing “good-faith” researchers to break into the software that controls most consumer and commercial Internet of Things (IoT) devices –…