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Why Businesses Can’t Afford Anything Less Than Zero Trust in IoT

Security Boulevard

Why Businesses Can’t Afford Anything Less Than Zero Trust in IoT. The IoT Landscape and Threats. Considering the inherent insecurity of connected devices, the threats facing organizations today often involve weakly-defended IoT equipment as the first line of attack. brooke.crothers. Thu, 06/23/2022 - 16:26.

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Recent Tesla Hacks Highlight Importance of Protecting Connected Devices

eSecurity Planet

Within the last couple of months, smart device vulnerabilities have been piling up, prompting businesses to protect their Internet of Things (IoT) environments. While Teslas aren’t the typical business IoT device, their connection to the internet makes them a cyber threat as much as your business’s other IoT technology.

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Vulnerability Recap 5/13/24 – F5, Citrix & Chrome

eSecurity Planet

From the other end of the supply chain, many vendors build Cinterion Cellular Modems into their internet-of-things (IoT) or operations technology (OT) equipment such as sensors, meters, or even medical devices. The other vulnerabilities involve mishandling Java applets running on the IoT.

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5 Linux malware families SMBs should protect themselves against

Malwarebytes

There’s no shortage of reasons why an SMB might use Linux to run their business: There are plenty of distros to choose from, it’s (generally) free, and perhaps above all — it’s secure. But unfortunately, there’s more to Linux security than just leaning back in your chair and sipping piña coladas. How it works.

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Creating a Path to Successful Security Hygiene

Cisco Security

There’s a growing need to secure the perimeter while simplifying the technologies that do so. New security approaches like SASE, XDR and zero trust have gained centerstage with the accelerated pace of digital transformation that bring down the walls between siloed security technologies.

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VulnRecap 1/16/24 – Major Firewall Issues Persist

eSecurity Planet

The problem: Technology company Bosch has a thermostat, the BCC100, that’s vulnerable to firmware replacement from a threat actor. The fix: Bitdefender offers a smart home scanner app to locate vulnerable IoT devices. Bitdefender discovered this vulnerability and first reported it to Bosch in August 2023.

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Healthcare Cyberattacks Lead to Increased Mortality, Lower Patient Care: Ponemon Study

eSecurity Planet

Ponemon chairman and founder Larry Ponemon said in a statement that “Most of the IT and security professionals regard their organizations as vulnerable to these attacks,” and that growing adoption of technologies such as cloud, mobile , big data , and the Internet of Things (IoT) are adding to that risk.