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‘Union Jack’ bunting in Balham after the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations, June 2022

Brits Ban Bad Passwords — and Other IoT Stupid Stuff

Richi Jennings | April 30, 2024 | bad passwords, blank password, Consumer IoT, gchq, gov.uk, Internet of things, Internet of Things (IoT), Internet of Things (IoT) Security, iot, National Cyber Security Centre, NCSC, Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure act (PSTI), SB Blogwatch, The ‘S’ in IoT stands for Security, uk, United Kingdom

Nice Cup of IoTea? The UK’s Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act aims to improve the security of net-connected consumer gear ...

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Cheap Video Doorbell Cams: Tools of Stalkers and Thieves

EKEN IoT FAIL: Amazon, Sears and Shein still sell security swerving stuff ...

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A thief conceals his identity with a neon mask

ALERT: Thieves❤️Wi-Fi Camera Jammers

I❤️POE: Does your home security need a rethink? Wireless cameras are kinda useless, say cops ...

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An electric toothbrush (that’s not part of a DDoS botnet)

‘Total Bollocks’ — No, Your Toothbrush isn’t DDoS’ing

Richi Jennings | February 7, 2024 | botnet, Botnet Attack, botnets, Consumer IoT, ddos, DDoS attack, DDoS botnet, Fortinet, Inc., Internet of things, Internet of Things (IoT), Internet of Things (IoT) Security, Internet of Things cyber security, iot, IoT botnet

PR FAIL: Were 3 million toothbrushes hacked into a botnet? Or does a Fortinet spokeschild have egg on his face? ...

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Two old vehicles rust away in a junkyard

This SUCKS: ‘Cars Are a Privacy Nightmare,’ Mozilla Fumes

IoT cars considered harmful: Own a car? Care about your privacy? Mozilla Foundation has bad news for you ...

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Amazing Fast Crypto for IoT — US NIST Fingers ASCON

Richi Jennings | February 9, 2023 | AEAD, aes, ASCON, CAESAR, cryptography, hash, hash algorithms, hash function, hash functions, Internet of things, Internet of Things (IoT), Internet of Things (IoT) Security, Internet of Things cyber security, iot, NIST, SB Blogwatch

Implementing modern cryptography standards on tiny IoT devices is hard. They’re underpowered, need to sip battery charge and something like AES is often overkill ...

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Aeris Adds AI Capability to Secure IoT Platforms

Michael Vizard | February 15, 2022 | edge computing, endpoint, Internet of things, Internet of Things (IoT) Security, Physical Security

Aeris today updated a cloud service that leverages machine learning and other forms of artificial intelligence to secure internet of things (IoT) platforms connected via cellular networks. Hari Nair, senior director of ...

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Kasada chatbots Radware bad bots non-human machine identity bots

Non-Human Identities Sprawl Challenges Security

Teri Robinson | October 12, 2021 | AppSec, Internet of Things (IoT) Security, Machine Identity, RPA

Move over, humans. With the rise of non-human identities, you may no longer be the weakest link when it comes to security. As the workforce is increasingly augmented by robotic process automation ...

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COVID-19 offboarding physical office kiosk

Top 5 Physical Security Considerations

Andi Hendrickson | July 12, 2021 | ICS, Internet of Things (IoT) Security, Physical Security, security awareness training

With the rise of IoT technology across every aspect of business, security convergence is quickly becoming the new norm. In a world where just about everything is connected to the internet and ...

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Top 5 Ways to Secure IoT Devices With PKI

Ellen Boehm | March 26, 2020 | digital identities, Digital Identity, Internet of Things (IoT) Security, IoT device security, IoT Security, PKI, Trust

There’s a lot of connected devices out there. That may seem like an obvious statement given that everyone seems to be walking around with a mobile phone, tablet, computer, and wireless headset ...

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