Like any other technology, IoT has its pros and cons. In the last decade, cyber criminals have exploited many attack vectors, several of which can be used to exploit and launch attacks on IoT devices too. IoT attacks have increased substantially over the years, and there has been a jump ...
Let’s take a look at the common cyber-attacks which take place in the Internet of Things (IoT).
With the technological shift in the lives of the people from desktop PCs to mobiles, wearables and now to IoT devices, cyber criminals are also focusing on all sorts of threats to compromise them. In one of our introductory articles to IoT we discussed about thedesktop viruses coming our way...
Sensors, manufacturing equipment, and other IoT devices connected to networks in on-site environments such as factories lack the capability for authentication or virus checking, leaving them open to malware attacks that result in stoppages in factory operations. This is a global problem, and existing...
As IoT devices proliferate, insecure devices can be easily hijacked by attackers. Some IT resources are migrated to the cloud. As network edges continue to expand and hybrid network environments spanning cloud and on-premises services are deployed more widely, enterprise network architectures are more...
Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. today announced the development of network control technology that can securely operate IoT devices installed on-site. Sensors, manufacturing equipment, and other IoT devices connected to networks in on-site environments such as
The firm's “Attack Landscape H1 2019” report highlighted the threat unsecured IoT devices can pose to businesses and consumers as well as the continued popularity of Eternal Blue and similar exploits two years after the WannaCry ransomware was released on the world. F-Secure uses decoy servers...
More troubling still was the infrastructure that drove the attack. While the Dyn attack was the product of the Mirai botnet, which required malware to infest thousands of IoT devices, the GitHub attack exploited servers running the Memcached memory caching system, which can return very large chunks...
Notorious malware attacks like Mirai highlight this threat to managed and IoT-connected devices. Applications and protocols that transmit login credentials over your network without proper encryption pose a significant security threat. An attacker connected to your network can intercept these credentials ...
Developers of smart gadgets do little to secure their devices and don’t explain to users that they should change the passwords on cameras, routers, printers, and other devices. In fact, not all of them evenallowusers to do so. That makes IoT devices perfect targets. ...