Outlaw Threat Group Using Perl Shellbot to Target Enterprise IoT Devices
A group of threat actors known as Outlaw is using a Perl Shellbot to breach enterprise IoT devices.
How an IoT Botnet Could Breach the Power Grid and Cause Widespread Blackouts
A group of researchers from Princeton revealed that, through an attack dubbed MadIoT, threat actors could leverage an IoT botnet to compromise the power grid and cause widespread blackouts.
Bringing It All Back Home: Why You Should Apply Enterprise Network Security Policies to Your Smart Home
As threat actors increasingly target IoT devices to spread malware and facilitate DDoS attacks, it's crucial to establish network security policies for your home IT just as you would at work.
4 New Smart Office Security Risks and How to Mitigate Them
The smart office market is forecast to double by 2023. But while IoT devices promise to bring a bevy of benefits, they also introduce entirely new categories of cyber risk.
Stories From the Edge of IoT Security: Threat Demos From Black Hat and DEF CON
At Black Hat 2018 and DEF CON 26, experts shared insights about IoT security risks and vulnerabilities and offered advice to help organizations and consumers navigate our increasingly connected world.
How to Outsmart the Smart City
Researchers from Threatcare and IBM X-Force Red joined forces to test several smart city devices, with the goal of investigating "supervillain-level" attacks. Here's what the teams found.
Threat Actors Breach Consumer Devices to Build IoT Botnets
Security researchers identified two new threats in the wild that are designed to compromise consumer devices to build IoT botnets.
How Can We Make Smart Cities Even Smarter? Start With Security Intelligence
Governments must embrace an immune system approach centered on security intelligence to stay ahead of advanced cyberthreats looking to breach the ever-widening perimeter of smart cities.
The Cybercrime Landscape Is Evolving — Will Your Mobile Threat Defense Strategy Keep Up?
As the workforce embraces mobility to increase productivity, organizations must adopt a more innovative, dynamic approach to mobile threat defense.
Connect the Dots: IoT Security Risks in an Increasingly Connected World
Although connected devices make our daily lives easier, IoT data, if not properly secured, can cause serious financial and reputational damage to companies deploying and manufacturing this technology.