CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 25, 2021

Although this does take time, with training and upskilling programs , insightful workshops, and “Hacker Fridays” (where employees can try to hack a specific smart device), team members will become more capable of dealing with the new diagnostics support work, as well as any general IoT problems. 5 Be aware of your operating landscape.

IoT 100

IoT Authentication Passwords Data collection 100

eSecurity Planet

APRIL 14, 2023

Malicious bots can be used to carry out a range of cyber threats like account takeovers and DDoS attacks, so bot protection is an increasingly important defense for web-facing assets. Comprehensive protection: DataDome protects against all types of bots, including credential stuffing, web scraping, and account takeover attacks.

Software 96

Software DDOS Accountability Firewall 96

Troy Hunt

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Back to the bit about risks impacting data collected by IoT devices and back again to CloudPets, Context Security's piece aligned with my own story about kids' CloudPets messages being left exposed to the internet. Here we had a situation where an attacker could easily control moving parts within a car from a remote location.

IoT 358

IoT Firmware Risk Manufacturing 358

Troy Hunt

DECEMBER 17, 2017

The Red Cross Blood Service breach gave us our largest ever incident down here in Australia (and it included data on both my wife and I). CloudPets left their MongoDB exposed which subsequently exposed data collected from connected teddy bears (yes, they're really a thing). Oh - and it uses a password of 12345678.

Data breaches 186

Data breaches Education Passwords Penetration Testing 186

McAfee

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Laws such as CCPA and GDPR, not to mention vertical market regulations, make it clear how important this issue is to regulators, who take into account the security tools in use and their settings during investigations. Work with GRC and workshop how users use cloud. Fines can be significantly lower if tools are well deployed.).

Technology 52

Technology Marketing Passwords Data collection 52