espionage

At its heart, the trouble with IoT is the rush to market exhibited by many manufacturers who see the business need to fill a gap or provide a useful service, but overlook the essential need to bake security in from the get-go.

The manufacturing sector must be better prepared for cyber attacks, says Mirko Brandner, of Arxan Technologies.

In the era of the internet of things, comprehensive protection for all internet-enabled devices is becoming increasingly challenging.

Critical national infrastructure firms have been advised by security experts Symantec to check their networks after the discovery of a new attack, codenamed Dragonfly. Also known as Energetic Bear, Dragonfly is said to be capable of doing damage to utilities on the same scale as Stuxnet.