GlobalSign

APRIL 20, 2021

Each year Computer Reseller News announces its widely anticipated Internet of Things 50, a list of the brightest stars in the IoT space. This year, GlobalSign is honored to be among the top 10 coolest companies in the IoT security category.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 18, 2021

From smart homes that enable you to control your thermostat from a distance to sensors on oil rigs that help predict maintenance to autonomous vehicles to GPS sensors implanted in the horns of endangered black rhinos , the internet of things is all around you. With the increase in connected devices comes an increase in IoT attacks.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 25, 2021

billion IoT devices active across the world – a figure that is expected to grow to 75 billion by 2025. This tripling will be a phenomenal feat to achieve in the next four years and relies upon IoT projects that are currently planned or under development to mature quickly. 1 Consider using generic IoT service modules.

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Our thanks to BSides Tallinn for publishing their outstanding choices of the Best of BSides 2021 videos on the Conferences’ YouTube channel. The post BSides Tallinn’s ‘Best Of BSides 2021’: BSides Berlin 2021 – Aditya K.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 9, 2021

A malicious advertising campaign originating out of Eastern Europe and operating since at least mid-June is targeting Internet of Things (IoT) devices connected to home networks, according to executives with GeoEdge, which offers ad security and quality solutions to online and mobile advertisers. Malvertising is Evolving.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 15, 2021

Key Developments in IoT Security. Thu, 07/15/2021 - 10:09. Remember the early days of the emergence of Internet of Things (IoT) devices? Vulnerabilities have been discovered in many of these IoT devices. Ellen has extensive experience in cybersecurity, and specifically, the understanding of IoT risk.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 14, 2021

On March 10 2021, Congress voted to spend $1 billion on improving government IT systems. The post In the World of IoT Security, Lock Every Door appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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SecureList

JUNE 8, 2022

A router is a gateway from the internet to a home or office — despite being conceived quite the opposite. During 2020 and 2021, more than 500 router vulnerabilities were found. The nvd.nist.gov website presents different figures, but they too show a significant increase in the number of router vulnerabilities found in 2020 and 2021.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 17, 2021

FireEye Mandiant researchers have discovered a critical vulnerability in the Kalay cloud platform that exposes millions of IoT devices to attacks. The flaw could be easily exploited by a remote attacker to take over an IoT device, the only info needed for the attack is the Kalay unique identifier (UID) of the targeted user. .

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 27, 2018

Distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks continue to erupt all across the Internet showing not the faintest hint of leveling off, much less declining, any time soon. Related video: How DDoS attacks leverage the Internet’s DNA. This is borne out by Akamai Technologies’ Summer 2018 Internet Security/Web Attack Report.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 22, 2021

When we think of 2021, some key words come to mind: variants, COVID-19 (of course), lockdown, WFH (work from home), vaccines, and booster. But, the IoT has also been a bright spot with eHealth becoming a crucial part of day-to-day life for many, plus EVs, smart energy and cybersecurity topping headlines. What’s your IoT vision?

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Security Affairs

JUNE 22, 2023

Since March 2023, researchers at Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 have observed a new variant of the Mirai botnet targeting multiple vulnerabilities in popular IoT devices. “The widespread adoption of IoT devices has become a ubiquitous trend. As a result, protecting IoT devices against such threats becomes an urgent task.”

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NSTIC

JANUARY 12, 2022

On May 12, 2021 the White House released an Executive Order (EO) on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity which, among other things, tasked NIST to develop cybersecurity criteria and labeling approaches for consumer software and Internet of Things (IoT) products.

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 27, 2021

CVE-2021-3156 sudo Vulnerability. Last week (26th January 2021) a new critical rated LinuxUnix vulnerability was made public under CVE-2021-3156. See CVE-2021-3156: Heap-Based Buffer Overflow in Sudo (Baron Samedit) | Qualys Security Blog. administrative) privileges. Patches are available.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 30, 2022

Why Healthcare IoT Requires Strong Machine Identity Management. The healthcare industry has been leveraging IoT devices for years, steadily increasing its use in facilities and patient care. By 2027, the IoT in Healthcare market is expected to reach $290 billion , up from just $60 billion in 2019. brooke.crothers.

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 24, 2021

Familiarising With The Term Cyber Security You must have heard of the word cyber security, making headlines in the news, internet, social media, The post 5 Major Reasons for “Why is Cyber Security Important?” The post Best of 2021 – 5 Major Reasons Why Cybersecurity is Important appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Critical Success Factors to Widespread Deployment of IoT. Tue, 02/16/2021 - 16:33. Digital technology and connected IoT devices have proliferated across industries and into our daily lives. Finally, IoT devices are being used extensively in smart vehicles and home appliances to provide enhanced user experiences.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 10, 2021

In a recent blog post , the researchers said the bad actors are looking to leverage a path traversal vulnerability that could affect millions of home routers and other Internet of Things (IoT) devices that use the same code base and are manufactured by at least 17 vendors. Tenable First to Disclose Flaw.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

As businesses continue connecting devices to the internet and converging operational technology (OT) under IT systems management, it’s. The post Cyberattacks in 2021 Highlighted Critical Infrastructure Risks appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Microsoft December 2021 Patch Tuesday addresses 67 vulnerabilities, including an actively exploited Windows Installer vulnerability. One of the vulnerabilities fixed by Microsoft, tracked as CVE-2021-43890 , is under active exploitation. Yes No EoP CVE-2021-43883 Windows Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability Important 7.1

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 14, 2022

I love the possibilities that Internet of Things (IoT) products bring to our lives. But I'm also very concerned about the associated security and privacy risks that IoT products inherently bring to those using them when controls do not exist or are not used to mitigate the risks. Consider just a few recent statistics.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 26, 2023

Experts warn of a spike in the attacks that between August and October 2022 attempted to exploit a Realtek Jungle SDK RCE (CVE-2021-35394). Palo Alto Networks researchers reported that between August and October 2022 the number of attacks that attempted to exploit a Realtek Jungle SDK RCE ( CVE-2021-35394 ) (CVSS score 9.8)

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 22, 2021

When we think of 2021, some key words come to mind: variants, COVID-19 (of course), lockdown, WFH (work from home), vaccines, and booster. But, the IoT has also been a bright spot with eHealth becoming a crucial part of day-to-day life for many, plus EVs, smart energy and cybersecurity topping headlines. What’s your IoT vision?

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 24, 2021

On August 15, firmware security company IoT Inspector published details about the flaws. “On August 16th, three days ago, multiple vulnerabilities in a software SDK distributed as part of Realtek chipsets were disclosed by IoT Inspector Research Lab [1]. ” reported IoT Inspector. ” reported IoT Inspector.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 31, 2021

Use cases of secure IoT deployment. Tue, 06/01/2021 - 06:55. In our previous blog post , we discussed the challenges for securing IoT deployments, and how businesses and consumers benefit from authenticating and validating IoT software and firmware updates. Use case 1: Fortune 500 Healthcare Company.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 10, 2021

What’s driving the security of IoT? Thu, 03/11/2021 - 07:39. There are so many reasons why manufacturers connect their products to the Internet, whether it’s industrial machines, medical devices, consumer goods or even cars. First off, connected vehicles and IoT devices are highly attractive targets to hackers.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Protecting critical infrastructure and associated challenges was a recurring theme during (ISC)² Security Congress 2021 , which took place virtually from Monday to Wednesday this week. The post #ISC2Congress – Critical Infrastructure a Main Focus of Security Congress 2021 appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

CVE-2021-3156 sudo Vulnerability. Last week (26th January 2021) a new critical rated LinuxUnix vulnerability was made public under CVE-2021-3156. See CVE-2021-3156: Heap-Based Buffer Overflow in Sudo (Baron Samedit) | Qualys Security Blog. administrative) privileges. Patches are available.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 22, 2021

It seems everything smart is hackable, with IoT startups sometimes repeating security mistakes first made decades ago. The next day I cut the string, There's a parallel here to IoT light bulbs that change colors. The question is, who is hacking the internet of things today, and how does one even get started? Funny thing.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 22, 2021

It seems everything smart is hackable, with IoT startups sometimes repeating security mistakes first made decades ago. The next day I cut the string, There's a parallel here to IoT light bulbs that change colors. The question is, who is hacking the internet of things today, and how does one even get started? Funny thing.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 13, 2021

Since the vulnerable DNS clients are usually exposed to the internet this creates a huge attack surface. Basically, you could say DNS is the phonebook of the internet. Keep unpatched devices contained or disconnected from the internet, until they can be patched or replaced. Together they are used by over 100 Million devices.

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SC Magazine

APRIL 21, 2021

A visitor looks at an IoT & 5G motherboard at the booth of STMicroelectronics during Electronica China 2021 at Shanghai New International Expo Centre on April 14, 2021 in Shanghai, China. If you break down an IoT device, which is what we do, these are these are all possible attack vectors for somebody,” said Brewer.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 8, 2021

The Mirai -based Moobot botnet is rapidly spreading by exploiting a critical command injection flaw, tracked as CVE-2021-36260 , in the webserver of several Hikvision products. The Moobot was first documented by Palo Alto Unit 42 researchers in February 2021, the recent attacks demonstrated that its authors are enhancing their malware.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 31, 2021

The start of 2021 brings forth a cyber security crossroads. Ransomware and fileless malware breaches will rapidly continue to destabilize businesses in 2021. The upcoming 5G network will give rise to a huge number of Internet of Things (IoT) devices. Related: Breaches spike during pandemic.

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SecureList

MAY 31, 2021

According to Kaspersky Security Network, in Q1 2021: Kaspersky solutions blocked 2,023,556,082 attacks launched from online resources across the globe. At the end of last year, the number of users attacked by malware designed to steal money from bank accounts gradually decreased, a trend that continued in Q1 2021. Quarterly figures.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 9, 2021

On August 3, 2021 a vulnerability that was discovered by Tenable was made public. The vulnerability is listed as CVE-2021-20090. Under the description of CVE-2021-20090 you will find: “a path traversal vulnerability in the web interfaces of Buffalo WSR-2533DHPL2 firmware version <= 1.02 Router firmware.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 24, 2021

Mirai hoovers up vulnerable Internet of Things (IoT) devices and adds them to its network of zombie devices, which can then be used to launch huge Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks. Realtek chipsets are found in many embedded IoT devices. At least 65 vendors are affected. Exactly what Mirai wants. Vulnerabilities.

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