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CS Digest Section: Internet-of-Things

FDA Warns Users of Cyber Vulnerability in Pacemaker Programmers

Posted: 10/16/2018 | Leave a Comment

The Food and Drug Administration has issued a cybersecurity advisory for two models of programming equipment that doctors use to check cardiac devices like pacemakers, citing a vulnerability that could allow unauthorized access to the programmers.

https://www.cyberscoop.com/medtronic-programmers-fda-cybersecurity-advisory/

Rivals ARM and Intel Make Peace to Secure Internet of Things

Posted: 10/16/2018 | Leave a Comment

Rival semiconductor giants ARM and Intel have agreed to work together to manage networks of connected devices from both firms, clearing a major stumbling block to market growth of the so-called Internet of Things (IoT).

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-arm-intel/rivals-arm-and-intel-make-peace-to-secure-internet-of-things-idUSKCN1MP1K4

Dramatic Increase of DDoS Attack Sizes Attributed to IoT Devices

Posted: 09/18/2018 | Leave a Comment

A new report released today shows that distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks have increased dramatically in the first two quarters of 2018 compared to 2017. The increase in attacks is being attributed to large scale botnets being created by attackers using insecure IoT devices.

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/dramatic-increase-of-ddos-attack-sizes-attributed-to-iot-devices/

Half a Billion IoT Devices Vulnerable to DNS Rebinding Attacks

Posted: 07/24/2018 | Leave a Comment

Armis, the cyber-security firm that discovered the BlueBorne vulnerabilities in the Bluetooth protocol, warns that nearly half a billion of today's "smart" devices are vulnerable to a decade-old attack known as DNS rebinding.

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/half-a-billion-iot-devices-vulnerable-to-dns-rebinding-attacks/

Researchers Hacked Amazon’s Alexa to Spy On Users, Again

Posted: 05/01/2018 | Leave a Comment

A malicious proof-of-concept Amazon Echo Skill shows how attackers can abuse the Alexa virtual assistant to eavesdrop on consumers with smart devices – and automatically transcribe every word said.

https://threatpost.com/researchers-hacked-amazons-alexa-to-spy-on-users-again/131401/

Autosploit Marries Shodan, Metasploit, Puts IoT Devices at Risk

Posted: 02/06/2018 | Leave a Comment

Autosploit, a new tool that basically couples Shodan and Metasploit, makes it easy for even amateurs to hack vulnerable IoT devices.

https://www.scmagazine.com/autosploit-marries-shodan-metasploit-puts-iot-devices-at-risk/article/740912/

A New Way to Track Down Bugs Could Help Save IoT

Posted: 01/23/2018 | Leave a Comment

On a clear day this summer, security researcher Ang Cui boarded a boat headed to a government biosafety facility off the northeastern tip of Long Island. Cui's security company, Red Balloon, will spend the next year studying how its Internet of Things threat-scanning tool performs on the building control systems of Plum Island Animal Disease Center. If

https://www.wired.com/story/a-new-way-to-track-down-bugs-could-help-save-iot/

Romanian hackers took over D.C. surveillance cameras just before presidential inauguration, federal prosecutors say

Posted: 01/09/2018 | Leave a Comment

Romanian hackers took over two-thirds of the District’s outdoor surveillance cameras just before President Trump’s inauguration, according to a federal criminal complaint unsealed Thursday.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/romanian-hackers-took-over-dc-surveillance-cameras-just-before-presidential-inauguration-federal-prosecutors-say/2017/12/28/7a15f894-e749-11e7-833f-155031558ff4_story.html?utm_term=.518bee993877

IOT is Insecure, Get Over it! Say Researchers

Posted: 11/14/2017 | Leave a Comment

Noted security experts Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek said the Internet of Things can't be secure, but it can be tamed. Drawing from their car hacking experience, the two spent the morning contemplating the larger universe of IoT security and conceded that there will always be thousands of connected devices that will never be secure, and that industry

https://threatpost.com/iot-is-insecure-get-over-it-say-researchers/128826/

Tags: Internet of Things (IoT)

After Quietly Infecting a Million Devices, Reaper Botnet Set to be Worse Than Mirai

Posted: 10/31/2017 | Leave a Comment

A little over a month ago, a sizable botnet of infected Internet of Things devices began appearing on the radar of security researchers. Now, just weeks later, it's on track to become one of the largest botnets recorded in recent years.

http://www.zdnet.com/article/reaper-botnet-could-be-worse-than-mirai-cyberattack/

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