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MY TAKE: Why consumers are destined to play a big role in securing the Internet of Things

The Last Watchdog

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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Beastmode Mirai botnet now includes exploits for Totolink routers

Security Affairs

CVE-2017-17215 targets Huawei HG532 routers. CVE-2016-5674 targets NUUO NVRmini2, NVRsolo, Crystal Devices, and NETGEAR ReadyNAS Surveillance products. ” concludes the report. ” Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. .” ” concludes the report. Pierluigi Paganini.

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MY TAKE: Why Satya Nadella is wise to align with privacy advocates on regulating facial recognition

The Last Watchdog

This week civil liberties groups in Europe won the right to challenge the UK’s bulk surveillance activities in the The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights. Related: Snowden on unrestrained surveillance. Ubiquitous surveillance. It’s a healthy thing that a captain of industry can see this. Advanced use cases.

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Episode 186: Certifying Your Smart Home Security with GE Appliances and UL

The Security Ledger

In this episode of the podcast (#186) we do a deep dive on the new IoT cyber security rating system from Underwriters' Lab. In this episode of the podcast (#186) we do a deep dive on the new IoT cyber security rating system from Underwriters’ Lab. That figure was up from just 48% of respondents who believed that in 2017.

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Fortinet warns of a spike in attacks against TBK DVR devices

Security Affairs

TBK Vision is a video surveillance company that provides network CCTV devices and other related equipment, including DVRs for the protection of critical infrastructure facilities. Previously seen to be exploited in the wild through 2017 and on-going.” ” continues the advisory.

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The Death botnet grows targeting AVTech devices with a 2-years old exploit

Security Affairs

AVTech is one of the world’s leading CCTV manufacturers, it is the largest public-listed company in the Taiwan surveillance industry. ” AVTech rolled out security updates for the flaw at the beginning of 2017, but evidently many devices are still running old firmware.

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Inside Mirai the infamous IoT Botnet: A Retrospective Analysis

Elie

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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