Tech Republic Security

APRIL 26, 2017

A new Forrester report identified the top 14 cybersecurity trends for enterprises to watch in 2017.

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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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Troy Hunt

OCTOBER 13, 2017

Part of this data was collected via an IoT device called the InnoTab which is a wifi connected tablet designed for young kids; think Fisher Price designing an iPad. link] pic.twitter.com/qRUUCmz1SY — Troy Hunt (@troyhunt) October 12, 2017. then totally screwing up the security. Yeah, didn’t think so. You know what they hate?

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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SC Magazine

JUNE 2, 2021

ReFirm provides drag-and-drop automated firmware analysis, which Microsoft hopes will provide security insight for industrial IoT products, where security personnel often struggle to look inside built-in hardware. ReFirm was founded in 2017 as an offshoot of the popular open-source Binwalk product.

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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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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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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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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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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 10, 2021

What’s driving the security of IoT? In 2017, Tesla sent an over-the-air update to their Model S and X vehicles to extend maximum battery capacity and driving range, which allowed owners to drive an extra 30 miles outside the evacuation area as Hurricane Irma was bearing down on Florida. Guest Blog: TalkingTrust. Security isn’t static.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 26, 2024

A new variant of TheMoon malware infected thousands of outdated small office and home office (SOHO) routers and IoT devices worldwide. The Black Lotus Labs team at Lumen Technologies uncovered an updated version of “ TheMoon ” bot targeting end-of-life (EoL) small home/small office (SOHO) routers and IoT devices.

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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

MAY 23, 2017

Find out how to avoid liability from security issues with IoT devices, as James Stansberry, senior vice president and US head of Samsung ARTIK, talks to TechRepublic at IoT World 2017.

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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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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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The Security Ledger

MAY 8, 2019

Data breaches relating to unsecured Internet of Things devices have jumped by more than 10 percent since 2017, suggesting security efforts aren't keeping pace with the growth of the Internet of Things, a new study finds. The post Report: Companies Still Grappling with IoT Security appeared first on The Security Ledger.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Deployed with more than 30 exploits, it has the potential of targeting millions of routers and IoT devices. CVE-2017-6077. CVE-2017-18368. CVE-2017-6334. Ensure minimal exposure to the Internet on Linux servers and IoT devices and use a properly configured firewall. D-Link DIR-645 Wired/Wireless Router Rev.

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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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Tech Republic Security

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

HP Enterprise unveiled a new service at RSA 2017 that can protect data-at-rest, data-in-motion, and data-in-memory. We spoke with HPE about how its greatest value will be in IoT.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) researchers discovered a new variant of the Zerobot botnet (aka ZeroStresser) that was improved with the capabilities to target more Internet of Things (IoT) devices. Adopt a comprehensive IoT security solution. The IT giant is tracking this cluster of threat activity as DEV-1061.

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Dark Reading

JANUARY 9, 2019

The number of flaws found in WordPress and its associated plugins have tripled since 2017, while Internet of Things vulnerabilities dropped significantly, according to data collected by Imperva.

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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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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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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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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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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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Pen Test

OCTOBER 12, 2023

In contemporary times, with the exponential growth of the Internet of Things (IoT), smart homes, connected cars, and wearable devices, the importance of RF pentesting has soared significantly. Its primary goal is to meticulously identify vulnerabilities inherent within wireless communication systems (Smith & Johnson, 2018).

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

In November, researchers at AT&T discovered a new BotenaGo botnet that was using thirty three exploits to target millions of routers and IoT devices, including one for the above RCE. ” The US agency also added the CVE-2015-2051 remote code execution flaw impacting D-Link DIR-645 routers.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

” In July 2022, Schulte was found guilty in a New York federal court of stealing the agency’s hacking tools and leaking them to WikiLeaks in 2017. The hacking tools developed by the US cyber spies can target mobile devices, desktop computers, and IoT devices such as routers and smart TVs.

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Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

MAY 17, 2017

NIST is seeking feedback on how the Framework may be applied to the IoT, both in terms of the devices themselves, as well as their integration into broader enterprise and network environments. NIST is accepting public comment on the new draft guidance through July 7, 2017. …

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