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IoT Unravelled Part 3: Security

Troy Hunt

I also looked at custom firmware and soldering and why, to my mind, that was a path I didn't need to go down at this time. 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.

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Critical Success Factors to Widespread Deployment of IoT

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

There are three major threat vectors that harm IoT deployments: Devices are hijacked by malicious software; Data collected and processed in IoT ecosystems is tampered with and impacts the confidentiality, integrity and availability of the information; and, Weak user and device authentication. However, the security mindset is changing.

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Building a foundation of trust for the Internet of Things

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

With consumers in particular prioritising convenience and functionality over security, it’s down to manufacturers to ensure security is embedded into devices from the point of creation. Authentic, secure patching ensures that manufacturers can mitigate security issues before cyber criminals can act.

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Group-IB presented latest cybercrime and nation-state hacking trends in Asia

Security Affairs

The threats that are notable for the Asian region are represented by a significant number of attacks aimed at manufacturing of chips, microprocessors and system control boards of different IT vendors, whose principal manufacturing operations are located in Asia.

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IoT Devices and HIPAA Compliance: 6 Things Healthcare Orgs Must Know

SecureWorld News

IoT devices are always collecting data. Most IoT device users realize IoT devices collect and derive massive amounts of data. But the amount, and types, of data collected are much greater than what most realize; how can they know without training? Many third parties access, use, and share IoT data.

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Security vulnerabilities in major car brands revealed

Malwarebytes

Sounding horns, disabling start up, reporting a vehicle as stolen, even accessing built in cameras are all possible for rogue entities should they manage to break into a manufacturer’s network. million vehicles (start engine, disable starter, unlock, read device location, flash and update firmware).

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Preparing for IT/OT convergence: Best practices

CyberSecurity Insiders

For example, the recent ransomware that leverages IT/OT convergence including the manufacturing and energy industries has prompted CISA to issue guidance regarding ransomware impacting OT environments ( read the guidance and how Tenable can help). • Configuration control that tracks all changes to code, OS & firmware regardless.