How OEMs and IoT solutions providers can address the challenges of achieving security by design

As IoT continues to mature and the volumes of connected IoT devices increase, the attention has turned to securing IoT. The larger number of devices have resulted in an expanded threat surface and greater opportunities for cybercrime. For OEMs and IoT solutions providers this presents two fundamental challenges: reducing crime and strengthening trust in IoT

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Companies playing Russian roulette with customer data as 86% of sysadmins admit using basic access control security

Digital identity and credentials expert Intercede announced the results of research into how UK systems administrators, those who manage the operation of computer systems, or those who hold such assess rights are protecting and securing sensitive data within their organisations.

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Greater security for wireless IoT networks is coming with the new IQRF OS v4.0, says Dr Sulc

The brand new concept of “Interoperable – Simple – Secure” solution of the IQRF technology, a Wireless Platform for IoT, was presented in the end of the 2016. Now, it is being fulfilled by new versions of the OS v4.00 and the DPA protocol v3.00 bringing higher safety of wireless communication,

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IoT lays out the welcome mat for hackers to hack our smart connected homes

Imagine waking up one morning to do the school run and realising that your whizzy, WiFi-enabled home has been hacked, and you can’t use your connected devices until you pay up a serious amount of bitcoins.

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Cyber security concerns are high over personal data safety as survey shows 83% fear financial data hack

F5 Networks has released the results of a new study into the UK’s app-centric society and consumer behaviours. The research reveals over a quarter of Brits (26%) do not check app security measures before downloading them,

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Deutsche 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.

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Hacker 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 websites with a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack.

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