Tag: IoT

February 27, 2024

Healthcare cybersecurity is a significant concern for organizations in the industry due to regulations like HIPAA, HITECH Act, and PHI. In 2022, Check Point Research counted 1463 cyberattacks on a weekly average. That is a 74% increase from 2021. US […]

February 20, 2024

Smart home security camera slinger Wyze is telling customers that a cybersecurity “incident” allowed thousands of users to see other people’s camera feeds. Thanks to a helpful Reg reader who sent a customer email over to us, we know that […]

November 1, 2023

Cyberattacks on industrial control systems are becoming more common, and there isn’t likely to be a let up any time soon. The fallout from those attacks can be severe given the potential physical impact – outages and shutdowns in manufacturing […]

October 11, 2023

Siemens and Schneider Electric’s Patch Tuesday advisories for October 2023 address more than 40 vulnerabilities affecting their products. Siemens Siemens has published a dozen new advisories addressing 41 vulnerabilities. One advisory describes seven vulnerabilities affecting Siemens’ Ruggedcom APE1808 industrial application […]

September 25, 2023

Changing approaches to cybersecurity have led to slow but steady progress in defense and protection. Still, competing interests create a growing challenge for cybersecurity decision makers and practitioners, according to CompTIA. The state of cybersecurity Most business and technology professionals […]

August 31, 2023

The number of IoT devices in enterprise networks and across the internet is projected to reach 29 billion by the year 2030. This exponential growth has inadvertently increased the attack surface. Each interconnected device can potentially create new avenues for […]

August 31, 2023

As with every other industry, the automotive sector has seen a massive uptick in cyberthreats since its digital transformation started to pick up pace. The incorporation of Internet of Things (IoT) devices, infotainment systems, autonomous driving, and other connected technologies […]

August 2, 2023

About 34% of security vulnerabilities impacting industrial control systems (ICSs) that were reported in the first half of 2023 have no patch or remediation, registering a significant increase from 13% the previous year. According to data compiled by SynSaber, a […]

June 21, 2023

Web3 is just around the corner, paving the way for a new digital future. According to Gartner, 25% of companies will integrate legacy apps and services with decentralized Web3 technologies by 2024. This shift holds immense potential for businesses, but […]

April 10, 2023

As technology advances, cyberattacks are becoming more sophisticated. With the increasing use of technology in our daily lives, cybercrime is on the rise, as evidenced by the fact that cyberattacks caused 92% of all data breaches in the first quarter […]

July 20, 2022

Six vulnerabilities in the MiCODUS MV720 GPS tracker that’s used by organizations around the world to manage and protect vehicle fleets could be exploited by attackers to remotely cut fuel to or abruptly stop vehicles. “Attackers could choose to surreptitiously […]

July 6, 2022

A study out this week shows that global spending on identity and access management (IAM) solutions is on pace to rise by 62% over the next five years. A big chunk of that growth will be built on the back […]

July 1, 2022

NXM Labs unveiled its NXM Autonomous Security platform that prevents hackers from gaining unauthorized access to commercial, industrial, medical, or consumer internet of things (IoT) devices. Tested in collaboration with the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), California Institute of Technology (Caltech), […]

May 2, 2022

They continuously send and receive data via the internet and can be the easiest way for a hacker to access your home network. IoT devices can spy on people, steal data, or bring down vast swathes of the internet, as […]

April 22, 2022

QNAP, the makers of Networked Attached Storage (NAS) devices that are especially popular with home and small business users, has issued a warning about not-yet-patched bugs in the company’s products. Home and small office NAS devices, which typically range in […]

March 8, 2022

As many as seven security vulnerabilities have been disclosed in PTC’s Axeda software that could be weaponized to gain unauthorized access to medical and IoT devices. Collectively called “Access:7,” the weaknesses – three of which are rated Critical in severity […]

February 7, 2022

Today’s enterprise networks are complex environments with different types of wired and wireless devices being connected and disconnected. The current device discovery solutions have been mainly focused on identifying and monitoring servers, workstation PCs, laptops and infrastructure devices such as […]

February 3, 2022

Claroty’s “Global State of Industrial Cybersecurity” report is based on a Pollfish survey of 1,100 IT and OT security professionals in the United States, Europe and the APAC region. More than half of respondents work for enterprises that have an […]

February 2, 2022

Initially, the use of Wi-Fi networks in companies was restricted to providing convenient Internet access at halls or conference rooms. In such an application, the performance was quite suitable and took a secondary place in an IT infrastructure. However, literally […]

January 31, 2022

More than half (53%) of the IoT (internet of things) and internet of medical things (IoMT) devices used in healthcare contain critical cybersecurity risks, according to The State of IoMT Device Security report by Cynerio, which analyzed devices from more […]