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100 Million More IoT Devices Are Exposed—and They Won’t Be the Last
- April 14, 2021
- Posted by: Ken Stilwell
- Category: IoT, Security
No CommentsOver the last few years, researchers have found a shocking number of vulnerabilities in seemingly basic code that underpins how devices communicate with the internet. Now a new set of nine such vulnerabilities are exposing an estimated 100 million devices worldwide, including an array of internet-of-things products and IT management servers.
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Your ‘smart home’ is watching – and possibly sharing your data with the police
- April 5, 2021
- Posted by: Mark Gibson
- Category: IoT, Security, Uncategorized
Smart-home devices like thermostats and fridges may be too smart for comfort – especially in a country with few laws preventing the sale of digital data to third parties.
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Geeni smart doorbells, cameras riddled with flaws, research finds
- February 9, 2021
- Posted by: George Sidman
- Category: Security, SSL
Security cameras and doorbells that connect to the internet have been plagued by flaws for years. Walmart and Amazon are continuing to sell faulty smart doorbells and cameras filled with vulnerabilities that could expose customers’ sensitive information, according to research published Thursday.
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More bad news for Smart-home Security
- February 8, 2021
- Posted by: Mark Gibson
- Category: IoT, Security
A recent article in the Washington Post highlights growing concerns about the proliferation of insecure smart-home (IoT) devices online and the lack of government oversight protecting consumers from vulnerable devices.
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The IoT Security Risks and Benefits of IT Convergence
- February 8, 2021
- Posted by: Ken Stilwell
- Category: IoT, Security
Standardizing and integrating IT systems –IT convergence—has been gathering steam. It brings risks and opportunities, though.
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As 5G Nears, IoT Connectivity Remains A ‘Wild West’
- January 22, 2021
- Posted by: Ken Stilwell
- Category: IoT, Security
‘We’re dealing with a very different world where choices are long-term Investments,’ a Forrester analyst says of the big decisions companies need to make in the ‘wild west’ of IoT connectivity options, which range from LoRa and SigFox to NB-IoT and LTE-M.
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Coronavirus: Companies ‘sitting ducks for breaches’ without IT security for telework
- October 8, 2020
- Posted by: Ken Stilwell
- Category: COVID 19, Remote Work, Security
Due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, companies may now require employees to work from home — but most employers may have rushed it without giving thought on how to secure their most sensitive data, according The International Association of IT Asset Managers (IAITAM).
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Fitness-Tracking App Leaking Sensitive Military Info
- June 18, 2020
- Posted by: Ken Stilwell
- Category: IoT, Security
Access to personal communication devices with geolocation services should be banned in sensitive/restricted locations, and broader assessments and awareness training undertaken by employers to understand and mitigate the potential risk posed by these types of services,
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Two Billion Files Leaked in US Data Breaches in 2017
- February 15, 2020
- Posted by: Ken Stilwell
- Category: IoT, Security
Nearly 2 billion files containing the personal data of US citizens were leaked last year—and that number could be significantly underreported.In 2017, a total of 551 breaches affected organizations, with over 1.9 billion files leaked, according to research from Citrix ShareFile.
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The coming IoT security plague
- January 22, 2020
- Posted by: Ken Stilwell
- Category: IoT, Security
Says Morgan Fraud, the author of The Thinking Corporation, “Given that we are all capable of contributing new ideas, the question becomes how do you successfully generate, capture, process and implement ideas?” Becoming an organization capable of answering this question can benefit in a number of ways
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