Cybersecurity

Which Path to IoT Security? Government Regulation, Third-Party Verification, or Market Forces – IEEE Spectrum

http://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/telecom/internet/experts-discuss-3-paths-to-stronger-iot-device-security-government-regulation-thirdparty-verification-and-market-forces?utm_source=SocialFlow&utm_medium=Facebook&utm_campaign=Social&utm_content=FaceBook The DDoS attack against DNS on friday started discussions on cyber security in IoT era. Maybe this discussion should have started few years earlier because now we have millions of vulnerable devices connected to Internet, and I expect that they will cause problems for years to come. 

Webcams involved in Dyn DDoS attack recalled | TechCrunch

https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/24/webcams-involved-in-dyn-ddos-attack-recalled/?sr_share=facebook Some IoT devices with bad security recalled. It is a good start to make Internet safer.   Related postings: Blame the Internet of Things for Destroying the Internet Today | Motherboard Why Today’s Attacks on the Internet Are Just the Start – The Daily Beast Today’s Brutal DDoS Attack Is the Beginning of a

Blame the Internet of Things for Destroying the Internet Today | Motherboard

https://motherboard.vice.com/read/blame-the-internet-of-things-for-destroying-the-internet-today?utm_source=mbtwitter A massive botnet of hacked Internet of Things devices has been implicated in the cyberattack that caused a significant internet outage on Friday. The botnet, which is powered by the malware known as Mirai, is in part responsible for the attack that intermittently knocked some popular websites offline, according to Level 3 Communications, one