DDoS
Something fishy going on as university suffers IoT-vectored denial of service attack
An unnamed university has reported a major distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack stemming from its own Internet of Things (IoT) devices. These are said to have included connected vending
Read moreIoT-based cyberattacks: How AI can defend against the growing threat
By 2020 it is estimated that the global Internet of Things (IoT) market will have grown to more than $1.7 trillion. According to a study by Gartner, by the end
Read moreHigh risk of breaches in IoT healthcare and automotive industries, according to Spirent’s forecast
Spirent Communications plc, a provider of mobile network, application, services, and device-test solutions, warned of the increased likelihood of disruptions this year to a wide variety of civil and military
Read moreIoT botnets present ‘Unmanageable’ cyber security risk, warns Juniper Research
New data from Juniper Research has found that the consumer IoT (Internet of Things) installed base will reach over 15 billion units by 2021, an increase of 120% over 2016.
Read moreExpectations for IoT in 2017: Key developments in LPWA tech, connected cars and smart cities
2016 has been a busy year for telecoms operators in the Internet of Things (IoT) market, most notably in low-power, wide-area (LPWA) technologies as narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) and LTE-M (long-term
Read moreScale brings complexity as IoT connected devices set to triple by 2021, exceeding 46bn units
New data from Juniper Research has found that the number of connected IoT (Internet of Things) devices, sensors and actuators will reach over 46 billion in 2021.
Read moreDeutsche Telekom sees 900,000 routers go offline after possible failure of cyberattack
Almost 900,000 Deutsche Telekom customers were hit by network outages — an attack reportedly aimed at hijacking consumer routers, Reuters reported on Tuesday.
Read moreIs 5G on cloud nine?
Are you looking forward to 2020? No, I am not talking about the next American presidential election! It is the year, according to some, when the first 5G commercial networks
Read moreIoT security is paramount for operators as they test new NB-IoT standard
EE has become the latest network operator in the UK to discuss its plans to trial and develop narrowband Internet of Things (NB-IoT) services in Q2 2017. This is hot
Read moreUsers of RATtrap said to have been ‘protected’ from recent Mirai IoT Botnet attack
A common disruption method used by cybersecurity attackers is a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS). (Also see: Hacker releases source code of Mirai DDoS Trojan after targeting the IoT this weekend)
Read moreHacker releases source code of Mirai DDoS Trojan after targeting the IoT this weekend
Over the weekend, a code was reportedly employed on a large number of Internet of Things (IoT) connected devices to form a botnet. The botnet was then deployed to attack
Read moreWho’s afraid of the big bad botnet?
The notion of a huge botnet targeting your business with a DDoS attack can send shivers down the backs of the most experienced security professionals. Botnets can harness vast size
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