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IoT Cybersecurity: 5 Major Vulnerabilities and How to Tackle Them

Security Affairs

The market surpassed $100 billion in revenue, and it’s revenue for the 2025 projections tell us that it will hit $1.5 Simple or reused passwords are still a problem. While the cybersecurity industry has presented options for every netizen, the recommendation to use original and complex passwords continues to be disregarded.

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The Internet of Things Is Everywhere. Are You Secure?

Security Boulevard

According to Gartner research , 35 billion devices will be connected to the internet in 2021, and that number will more than double in the next few years to reach 75 billion connected devices by 2025. Staying current with firmware patches and updates is also key to enabling robust security. . Don’t Forget the Application Layer.

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How to ensure security and trust in connected cars

CyberSecurity Insiders

Connected cars are an untapped well of potential, this being indicated by the fact that the connected vehicles market is projected to reach $166 billion by 2025. What’s more, the range of data that can be stored by connected cars is broad – from contact details and addresses, to Wi-Fi passwords and many other things.

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Cloud Security: The Shared Responsibility Model

eSecurity Planet

Drivers, Firmware, Software : Cloud providers bear responsibility to secure, test, and update the software and code that supports the firmware and the basic software infrastructure of the cloud. This responsibility does not extend to software that customers install on cloud devices. Access security controls. Awareness & training.

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EP 31: Stopping the Mirai IoT Botnet, One CnC Server At A Time

ForAllSecure

Vamosi: The devices themselves are becoming less and less expensive, Yay, but would you rather upgrade the firmware on a toothbrush, probably not. What are you going to do, like, take a whole Saturday morning once a month, and go through all of your IoT devices and make sure they're up and running the latest and greatest firmware.

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