Tech Republic Security

DECEMBER 21, 2016

The coming year will bring a large-scale IoT security breach, with fleet management, retail, manufacturing, and government at the biggest risk, according to experts.

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Adam Levin

MARCH 13, 2019

Congress proposed a bill to improve the security of internet-enabled devices called the Internet of Things (IoT) Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2019. IoT devices have long been a weak point in the cybersecurity of agencies and organizations and have also been a favorite target for hackers, despite their continuous market growth.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

New government rules coupled with industry standards meant to give formal shape to the Internet of Things (IoT) are rapidly quickening around the globe. When it comes to IoT, we must arrive at specific rules of the road if we are to tap into the full potential of smart cities, autonomous transportation and advanced healthcare.

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Penetration Testing

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

NSFOCUS has identified a resurgence of the XorBot botnet, a potent threat to Internet of Things (IoT) devices worldwide.

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Tech Republic Security

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Gartner predicts that 2017 will see 8.4 Here's how enterprise users can protect their IoT devices against security breaches. billion connected devices in use worldwide.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 20, 2025

The brief attack appears to have been a test run for a massive new Internet of Things (IoT) botnet capable of launching crippling digital assaults that few web destinations can withstand. As first revealed by KrebsOnSecurity in January 2017, the Mirai authors were two U.S. For reference, the 6.3 Image: Cloudflare.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 5, 2019

My primer on the going forward privacy and security implications of IoT — What Everyone Should Know About the Promise and Pitfalls of the Internet of Things — won second place in the contest’s IoT Security category.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

House of Representatives passed the IoT Cybersecurity Improvement Act, a bill that aims at improving the security of IoT devices. House of Representatives last week passed the IoT Cybersecurity Improvement Act, a bill designed to improve the security of IoT devices. Mark Warner (D-Va.) Pierluigi Paganini.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 2, 2018

A 20-year-old from Vancouver, Washington was indicted last week on federal hacking charges and for allegedly operating the “ Satori ” botnet, a malware strain unleashed last year that infected hundreds of thousands of wireless routers and other “Internet of Things” (IoT) devices. 2018 that Schuchman was Nexus Zeta.

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Tech Republic Security

AUGUST 9, 2017

A report from F5 labs showed how IoT devices have been targeted through botnets, many from a single hosting provider. Here are the results, and what they mean for the enterprise.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 22, 2021

billion Internet of Things (IoT) devices. As more information about IoT device vulnerabilities is published, the pressure on industry and government authorities to enhance security standards might be reaching a tipping point. government, standards will not apply to the IoT market at-large. Implications for IoT devices.

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Adam Levin

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

The first major piece of cybersecurity legislation to address vulnerabilities in Internet of Things (IoT) devices has passed in California, and is ready to be signed into law by Governor Jerry Brown. The post California’s Controversial IoT Security Bill Passes appeared first on Adam Levin.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

The Mozi botnet accounted for 90% of the IoT network traffic observed between October 2019 and June 2020, IBM reported. Mozi is an IoT botnet that borrows the code from Mirai variants and the Gafgyt malware , it appeared on the threat landscape in late 2019. ” reads the report published by IBM. ” continues the analysis.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Researchers at AT&T discovered a new BotenaGo botnet that is using thirty three exploits to target millions of routers and IoT devices. BotenaGo is a new botnet discovered by researchers at AT&T that leverages thirty three exploits to target millions of routers and IoT devices. CVE-2016-6277 NETGEAR R6250 before 1.0.4.6.Beta,

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 19, 2020

The availability online of a new collection of Telnet credentials for more than 500,000 servers, routers, and IoT devices made the headlines. In August 2017, security researchers Ankit Anubhav found a list of more than 1,700 valid Telnet credentials for IoT devices online. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Security experts from Kaspersky have published an interesting report on the new trends in the IoT threat landscape. What is infecting IoT devices and how? The researchers set up a honeypot to collect data on infected IoT devices, the way threat actors infect IoT devices and what families of malware are involved.

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Dark Reading

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

Rapidly evolving malware is posing an ever-greater threat to the IoT - and business users of the Internet.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 17, 2024

In March 2024, threat actors behind this campaign started targeting Internet of Things (IoT) devices in the US, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. The threat actors attempted to exploit multiple vulnerabilities in DVRs, including CVE-2017-7921, CVE-2018-9995 , CVE-2020-25078, CVE-2021-33044 , and CVE-2021-36260.

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Tech Republic Security

JUNE 6, 2017

At Infosecurity Europe 2017, High-Tech Bridge reported on the latest cybersecurity trends, touching on mobile and IoT security, DevSecOps, Bug Bounties, OWASP Top Ten and encryption.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 21, 2025

This botnet also uses some existing exploits ( CVE-2024-7029 , CVE-2017-17215 ) to download the next-stage payloads.” ” reads the advisory. The payload targets AVTECH cameras, using command-line injection to fetch, execute, and remove shell scripts.

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Tech Republic Security

APRIL 11, 2017

At the 2017 Midmarket CIO Forum, Brian Hill of Computer Forensic Services explained how to protect your company from threats such as ransomware, phishing, and IoT vulnerabilities.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Back in 2017, SecureWorld News reported that cybersecurity researchers took control of an LG 'Smart' vacuum and spied on the home through the device's camera. The breaches underscore the growing threat of vulnerabilities in IoT (Internet of Things) devices. The video is unnerving.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Kenneth Currin Schuchman (21) from Vancouver, Washington pleaded guilty to creating and operating multiple DDoS IoT botnet , including Satori. Kenneth Currin Schuchman (21) from Vancouver, Washington, aka Nexus Zeta, pleaded guilty to creating and operating multiple DDoS IoT botnets. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 26, 2019

Security experts warn of a new piece of the Silex malware that is bricking thousands of IoT devices, and the situation could rapidly go worse. Silex is not the first IoT malware with this behavior, back in 2017 BrickerBot bricked millions of devices worldwide. Cashdollar (@_larry0) June 25, 2019. ” reported ZDnet.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

Avast spotted a new IoT botnet, tracked as Torii, that appears much more sophisticated and stealth of the numerous Mirai variants previously analyzed. Security researchers spotted a new IoT botnet, tracked as Torii, that appears much more sophisticated and stealth of the numerous Mirai variants previously analyzed. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Tech Republic Security

JANUARY 7, 2017

The Internet of Things is arguably the biggest trend of CES 2017, but it's also a massive security risk. BlackBerry's Chief Security Officer explains how it can mitigate the IoT cybersecurity threat.

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Elie

DECEMBER 2, 2017

What’s remarkable about these record-breaking attacks is they were carried out via small, innocuous Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices like home routers, air-quality monitors, and personal surveillance cameras. At its peak, Mirai enslaved over 600,000 vulnerable IoT devices, according to our measurements. self-propagating worm.

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Tech Republic Security

JUNE 21, 2017

CTO John Graham-Cumming discusses the growth of the business cloud and security solutions for a rapidly-evolving internet that includes mobile, IoT, and machine learning. Cloudflare processes 10% of all requests on the web.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 13, 2019

The drivers of IoT-centric commerce appear to be unstoppable. Count on the wide deployment of IoT systems to continue at an accelerated rate. There are already more IoT devices than human beings on the planet, according to tech industry research firm Gartner. Here’s what to expect: Evermore plugged in.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 14, 2019

Kaye launched the attack using a botnet powered by Mirai , a malware strain that enslaves hacked Internet of Things (IoT) devices like poorly-secured Internet routers and Web-based cameras for use in large-scale cyberattacks. Daniel Kaye , an Israel-U.K. to face charges there.

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Security Affairs

JULY 29, 2019

The report also states that experts observed a spike in the number of cyberattacks against IoT devices carried out by IoT malware. “In 2017, SonicWall logged just 10.3 million IoT attacks. million IoT attacks, which outpaces the first two quarters of last year by 55%.” ” states the report.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Security experts from Trend Micro discovered that some machine-to-machine (M2M) protocols can be abused to attack IoT and industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) systems. attackers abuse M2M protocols to target IoT and IIoT devices. The post M2M protocols can be abused to attack IoT and IIoT systems appeared first on Security Affairs.

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Joseph Steinberg

APRIL 7, 2021

Back in 2015 and 2017, I ran articles in Inc. For years, in articles, lectures, and books I have discussed how the spread of IoT and AI technologies – both individually and together – are dramatically increasing the danger to human life posed by cyberattacks on healthcare facilities. Argus Cyber Security .

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

During the second half of 2022, a variant of the Mirai bot, tracked as V3G4, targeted IoT devices by exploiting tens of flaws. Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 researchers reported that a Mirai variant called V3G4 was attempting to exploit several flaws to infect IoT devices from July to December 2022.

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Tech Republic Security

MAY 31, 2022

The medical internet of things (IoT) market is expected to reach $158 billion in valuation in 2022, up from its 2017 value of $41 billion. The post Using Wi-Fi 6 to Power Hyper-Aware Healthcare Facilities appeared first on TechRepublic.

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Tech Republic Security

JUNE 27, 2017

Bill Detwiler talks to TechRepublic's Dan Patterson about the big takeaways from the Global Cybersecurity Summit 2017 in Kiev, Ukraine and the growing security threats from IoT devices and machine-learning-created malware.

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Tech Republic Security

JUNE 16, 2017

An expert panel at the Global Cybersecurity Summit in Kiev, Ukraine, discusses what devices might be connected in the future, and what the implications might be for consumers, governments, and industries.

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