The Last Watchdog

MARCH 13, 2019

In the not too distant future, each one of us will need to give pause, on a daily basis, to duly consider how we purchase and use Internet of Things devices and services. The drivers of IoT-centric commerce appear to be unstoppable. Count on the wide deployment of IoT systems to continue at an accelerated rate. This is coming.

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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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SC Magazine

MARCH 10, 2021

A hacking collective compromised roughly 150,000 internet-connected surveillance cameras from Verkada, Inc., Hacktivist Tillie Kottmann is reportedly among those asserting responsibility for the incident, telling Bloomberg that their act helped expose the security holes of modern-day surveillance platforms.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 27, 2021

Researchers from Nozomi Networks discovered a critical vulnerability that can be exploited to hack a video surveillance product made by Annke. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-32941 can be exploited by an attacker to hack a video surveillance product made by Annke, a provider of home and business security solutions.

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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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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

As most of us know, IoT devices are on the rise in enterprise networks. According to McKinsey & Company , the proportion of organizations that use IoT products has grown from 13 percent in 2014 to 25 percent today. The issue is that these tens of billions of new devices will likely amplify the inherent security risks of IoT.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 18, 2023

The ubiquity of smart surveillance systems has contributed greatly to public safety. We discussed how ABE is ready to help resolve some rather sticky privacy issues stemming from widespread digital surveillance – and also do much more. Here are my takeaways. Today, Goto says, ABE is fully ready to validate in real world deployments.

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The Security Ledger

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Security researcher and IoT hacker Dennis Giese talks about his mission to liberate robot vacuums from the control of their manufacturers, letting owners tinker with their own devices and - importantly - control the data they collect about our most intimate surroundings. Forget the IoT. Read the whole entry. »

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Naked Security

AUGUST 17, 2021

Internet of Things. Home automation. Cloud management. And a security bug that could let other people watch you online.

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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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Security Boulevard

MARCH 1, 2024

EKEN IoT FAIL: Amazon, Sears and Shein still sell security swerving stuff. The post Cheap Video Doorbell Cams: Tools of Stalkers and Thieves appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 1, 2022

If all goes smoothly, surveillance cams, smart doorbells and robot vacuums would soon follow. I had the chance to discuss the wider significance of Matter with Mike Nelson, DigiCert’s vice president of IoT security. Here’s what we discussed, edited for clarity and length. Secured, standard software updates to ensure integrity.

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Elie

DECEMBER 2, 2017

This post provides a retrospective analysis of Mirai — the infamous Internet-of-Things botnet that took down major websites via massive distributed denial-of-service using hundreds of thousands of compromised Internet-Of-Things devices. At its peak, Mirai enslaved over 600,000 vulnerable IoT devices, according to our measurements.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Millions of Xiongmai video surveillance devices can be easily hacked via cloud feature, a gift for APT groups and cyber crime syndicates. The flaws reside in a feature named the “XMEye P2P Cloud” that is enabled by default which is used to connect surveillance devices to the cloud infrastructure. Pierluigi Paganini.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 31, 2019

Related: Good to know about IoT Physical security is often a second thought when it comes to information security. The internet of things (IoT) is widening the sphere of physical security as smart devices connected to business systems via the internet may be located outside of established secure perimeters.

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The Security Ledger

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

But what new kinds of Internet of Things use cases may become possible? And, just as important, what are the security implications of massively distributed IoT endpoints connected to capacious 5G cellular infrastructure? But what new kinds of Internet of Things use cases may become possible? Read the whole entry. »

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 12, 2018

The Internet of Things (IoT) is very crowded. billion devices will be connected to the Internet by 2020 2. Connected things are what make the IoT – sensors, cameras, wearable electronics, medical devices, automatic controls. But making the IoT work requires trust in the devices and the data they collect.

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ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 5, 2021

In 2016, the Mirai IoT botnet shut down part of the internet, yet variations still plague us today. Maybe our current approach to IoT botnets isn’t working? Vamosi: The internet. Vamosi: Dyn was an internet performance management and web application security company that has since been bought by Oracle.

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Adam Levin

MARCH 8, 2019

The Internet of Things ( IoT ) found a still better foothold in consumer households with Amazon’s recent acquisition of eero, a wifi mesh router company. While Internet-enabled devices have become smaller, more powerful and affordable, routers haven’t kept pace. But the background here matters. In the U.S.,

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 4, 2024

Azure-Connected IoT Vulnerable to Remote Code Execution Type of vulnerability: Internet of things (IoT) RCE vulnerability. Microsoft incorporates AMQP into several Azure Cloud Services including Azure IoT Hubs, Azure Event Hubs, and Azure Service Bus. and a medium (CVSS 4.3) level vulnerability.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 2, 2023

As the maker of most consumer gizmos with a computer chip inside, China is also the source of an incredible number of low-cost Internet of Things (IoT) devices that are not only poorly secured, but are probably more accurately described as insecure by design. ” The strategy anticipates the U.S.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 29, 2018

A vulnerability in the Guardzilla home video surveillance system could be exploited by users to watch Guardzilla footage of other users. The Guardzilla All-In-One Video Security System is an indoor video surveillance solution. SecurityAffairs – Guardzilla, IoT). ” reads the analysis published by Rapid7.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

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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The Security Ledger

JUNE 29, 2020

In this episode of the podcast (#186) we do a deep dive on the new IoT cyber security rating system from Underwriters' Lab. » Related Stories Spotlight Podcast: Two Decades On TCG Tackles Trustworthiness For The Internet of Things How NIST Is Securing The Quantum Era Book argues for New Laws to break Social Media Monopolies. . »

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Malwarebytes

MAY 18, 2022

The latest Sysrv variant scans the Internet for web servers that have security holes offering opportunities such as path traversal, remote file disclosure, and arbitrary file download bugs. Another is the usage of Linux as the go-to operating system for many IoT devices. And around 95% of web servers run on Linux. Vulnerabilities.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 14, 2020

The adoption of emerging technologies like 5G will fuel the proliferation of Internet of Things (IoT) that’s often built with only a few security controls and therefore creating a larger attack surface that enterprises have to deal with., 5G tech will make the IoT a greater part of our everyday lives. Conclusion.

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The Security Ledger

JANUARY 8, 2019

We sit down with IoT luminary and. » Related Stories Spotlight: as Attacks Mount, how to secure the Industrial Internet Die Hard is a Movie About Building Automation Insecurity. We sit down with IoT luminary and influencer Stacey Higginbotham of the Internet of Things podcast and the StaceyonIoT blog to find out.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Will Enable Mass Spying Reddit Says Leaked U.S.-U.K. billion personal records compromised by data breaches in past two years — underscoring need for end‑to‑end encryption Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, newsletter)

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 12, 2021

Hackers were able to gain access to camera feeds from Verkada, a tech company that specializes in video security and physical access control, to demonstrate how prevalent surveillance is, reports say. It is also a metaphor used to illustrate surveillance technology. If you are a Verkada customer, no action is required on your part.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

In the US, for example, the FTC has requested public comments on the “prevalence of commercial surveillance and data security practices that harm consumers” to inform future legislation. Internet balkanization will lead to more diverse (and localized) behavior tracking market and checks on cross-border data transfer.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Users of Wyze’s home security cameras over the past several days have reported glitches with the internet-connected devices, from losing camera coverage for hours to being able to see images and video from other people’s cameras. It turns out the problem originated from cloud giant Amazon Web Services (AWS), a Wyze partner, which took down.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 2, 2021

According to the alert issued by the FBI, the swatters have been hijacking smart devices such as video and audio capable home surveillance devices. “Recently, offenders have been using victims’ smart devices, including video and audio capable home surveillance devices, to carry out swatting attacks.

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Hot for Security

APRIL 5, 2021

Internet-connected smart devices, like surveillance cams, smart light bulbs, smart locks and doorbells and baby monitors, are notoriously fraught with vulnerabilities, posing grave security risks. While interesting, this shouldn’t come as a surprise. These new changes and trends in the threat landscape will likely spill over into 2021.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 10, 2021

Founded in 2016, Verkada is a security company that focuses on surveillance and facial recognition through the use of sophisticated software in security cameras. No, these cameras are an extremely powerful part of the Internet of Things (IOT). According to Vice, this includes more than 24,000 unique organizations.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

Related :Promise vs. pitfalls of IoT For small- and mid-sized businesses, firewalls, antivirus suites and access management systems represent the entry stakes for participating in today’s digital economy. CyCognito’s bot network actively crawls the Internet identifying and mapping all exposed IP assets, fingerprinting each asset.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Did you know that the commercial drone market is one of the fastest and most innovative sectors of the IoT? For example, the high-bandwidth two-way communications available over 5G networks provide significant benefits to applications such as inspection, surveying, monitoring and surveillance. billion last year. Market leaders.

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