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IoT Unravelled Part 3: Security

Troy Hunt

In part 1 of this series, I posited that the IoT landscape is an absolute mess but Home Assistant (HA) does an admirable job of tying it all together. As with the rest of the IoT landscape, there's a lot of scope for improvement here and also just like the other IoT posts, it gets very complex for normal people very quickly.

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5 IoT Security Predictions for 2019

Security Affairs

2018 was the year of the Internet of Things (IoT), massive attacks and various botnets hit smart devices, These are 5 IoT Security Predictions for 2019. IoT Attacks in 2018. Do the increased attacks mean the industry is becoming accustomed to IoT cyber attacks? Three IoT Attack Avenues for 2019.

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Episode 186: Certifying Your Smart Home Security with GE Appliances and UL

The Security Ledger

In this episode of the podcast (#186) we do a deep dive on the new IoT cyber security rating system from Underwriters' Lab. In this episode of the podcast (#186) we do a deep dive on the new IoT cyber security rating system from Underwriters’ Lab. Smart Homes May Hide Crypto Mining Schemes. Read the whole entry. »

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What is a Cyberattack? Types and Defenses

eSecurity Planet

However, basic cybersecurity tools and practices, like patching , strong passwords , and multi-factor authentication (MFA), “can prevent 80 to 90% of cyberattacks,” said Anne Neuberger, deputy national security advisor for cyber and emerging technologies, during a White House press conference in Sept. Cyberattack Statistics. Ransomware.

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Part 1: OMG! Not another digital transformation article! Is it about understanding the business drivers?

ARMA International

The exponential growth in content is fueled by a plethora of connected devices, colloquially called “Internet of Things (IoT),” from cell phones, mobiles, and wearable technologies, to sensors in homes, appliances, cars, and so on. Another example is real-time traffic and public transit data captured by the IoT. Data Analytics.

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“The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up.” Our Turf?

Brandeis Records Manager

She argues (though without much supporting evidence) for destruction of most conference material: “People often insist, ‘I want to restudy these materials sometime’ but most never do.” To her credit, Kondo takes on this over-retention tendency by encouraging destruction of some junk.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking APIs

ForAllSecure

And I think Google Cloud now have, Like, you can fire up in IoT, you know the endpoint version of their product. They make it easy for you to make an IoT device, and then have a back end service that it can work against which those frameworks tend to make things better, but they're still reliant on you're going to write code.