Tens of millions of Internet-of-Things, network-connected gizmos at risk of remote hijacking? Computer, engage shocked mode
Collection of bugs, dubbed Ripple20, sink widely used TCP/IP stack
Edge + IoT17 Jun 2020 | 27
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An Internet of Trouble lies ahead as root certificates begin to expire en masse, warns security researcher
Interview 'This is going to be a problem; we are not on top of this'
Security10 Jun 2020 | 119
Smart fridges are cool, but after a few short years you could be stuck with a big frosty brick in the kitchen
Updated You should check how long a vendor intends to support the kit, says Which?
Security08 Jun 2020 | 283
UK.gov dangles £400k over makers of IoT Things: Go on, let's see how you'd make a security cert scheme
And if you win, we'll make it into a kitemark
Security01 Jun 2020 | 21
Three things in life are certain: Death, taxes, and cloud-based IoT gear bricked by vendors. Looking at you, Belkin
Ubiquitous consumer kit maker EOLs netcam. Oh, AND the cloud services that make it work
Edge + IoT29 Apr 2020 | 49
Sophos XG firewalls hacked, hotfix ready. Texts wreck Apple iThings. Yup, business as usual in infosec world
Roundup Plus Office 2016, 2019 patches – and a barn-load of other security bits and bytes
Security26 Apr 2020 | 9
Kerching! Intel PC chip shortage over just in time for everyone to buy computers for pandemic home working
Sales, profit soar in first three months of 2020 as coronavirus helps Chipzilla print money
Personal Tech23 Apr 2020 | 10
The Internet of Things is a security nightmare, latest real-world analysis reveals: Unencrypted traffic, network crossover, vulnerable OSes
And the best part of it? Hospitals are most at risk
Edge + IoT11 Mar 2020 | 38
Computer, deactivate self-destruct system requirement, says Sonos... were it on a starship in space, and not a smart-speaker slinger
Audio gear maker drops 'recycle mode' aka 'e-waste mountain candidate'
Edge + IoT06 Mar 2020 | 46
GCHQ's infosec arm has 3 simple tips to secure those insecure smart home gadgets
UK.gov tries the KISS approach to infosec advice for the public
Security03 Mar 2020 | 75
Dear makers of smart home things. Yeah, you with that bright idea of an IoT Candle. Here's an SDK from Amazon
Updated Management software for smart devices to ease entry into ecosystem
Edge + IoT26 Feb 2020 | 12
Time to patch your lightbulb? Researchers demonstrate Philips Hue exploit
First the lightbulb. Then the controller. Then your internal network.
Security05 Feb 2020 | 26
IoT security? We've heard of it, says UK.gov waving new regs
Department of Fun straps on a holster, strides into the wild west of online gadget users
Security28 Jan 2020 | 21
Behold the Internet of Turf: IoT sucks waste energy from living plants to speak to satellites
Surely only a matter of time before the Matrix has you?
Edge + IoT15 Jan 2020 | 30
RISC-V business: SiFive and CEVA join forces to enable the development AI-amenable, edge-oriented processors
System-on-a-chip IP partnership seeks to create more smart home, automobile, robotics, IoT, and industrial applications, among others
AI + ML08 Jan 2020 | 7
Internet of crap (encryption): IoT gear generates easy-to-crack keys
Poor entropy in embedded devices leading to weaker certificates: study
Edge + IoT16 Dec 2019 | 18
Amazon straightens up its IoT house, complete with virtual Alexa, ahead of Las Vegas shindig
re:Invent Coffee machines will listen to you if vendors implement it
Edge + IoT26 Nov 2019 | 13
Heads up from Internet of S*!# land: Best Buy's Insignia 'smart' home gear will become very dumb this Wednesday
Alexa! Turn off my lights. Alexa! Alexa? Oh FFS
Edge + IoT05 Nov 2019 | 191
Samsung on fridge cert error: Someone tried to view 'unsavoury content' in middle of John Lewis
At least it'll wipe clean
Edge + IoT21 Oct 2019 | 97
Heavy data protection regulation looms in Labour plans for post-Brexit flows and IoT devices
Westminster Hall debate shows parties in harmony over sticking their oar in
Legal08 Oct 2019 | 10
In 21st-century tech dystopia, smart TV watches you, warns Princeton privacy prof
You make de-legitimising targeted advertising as a business model sound easy
Edge + IoT01 Oct 2019 | 37
Coin-mining malware jumps from Arm IoT gear to Intel servers
Exclusive Cryptocurrency crooks look to siphon cycles from enterprise kit
Security30 Aug 2019 | 10
Even tech giants find themselves telling folk not to use default passwords on Internet of S**t kit
Top tips to defend against nation-state network intrusion
Edge + IoT06 Aug 2019 | 40
As the world secures itself, so do crims: Encrypted malware on the rise, warns Sonicwall
Let's be careful out there
Security29 Jul 2019 | 15
We don't mean to poo-poo this, but... The Internet of S**t has literally arrived thanks to Pampers smart diapers
You can monitor your child – and their bowels – 24 hours a day! Which is… great?
Edge + IoT18 Jul 2019 | 132
Boffins ready to go live with system that will track creatures great and small from space
From elephants to fish, there's no GDPR in the animal kingdom
Security09 Jul 2019 | 30
Fibaro flummoxed, Georgia courts held for ransom, and more
Roundup Plus, Florida Man out of a job for paying off hackers
Security06 Jul 2019 | 16
More households invite creepy smart speakers indoors: Arch-slurper Google top dog for Q1
Chocolate Factory overtakes Amazon as European sales surge 45.1% – people clearly didn't hear the cries of frustrated Google Home users
Personal Tech02 Jul 2019 | 37
The Great IoT Protocol War may have been won: Thread's 1.2 release aims at business
Analysis Meanwhile in the home, it's all Google, Amazon, Apple…
Edge + IoT25 Jun 2019 | 27
Freaking out about fiendish IoT exploits? Maybe disable telnet, FTP and change that default password first?
Home devices are so poorly guarded, attackers don't even need sophisticated tools
Security18 Jun 2019 | 42
Mirai botnet malware offspring graduates from uni, puts on a suit, slips into your enterprise
Isn't that what we all want for our kids, after all?
Edge + IoT14 Jun 2019 | 1
Can't quite cram a working AI onto a $1 2KB microcontroller? Just get a PC to do it
Boffins craft code that compresses machine-learning models for modest microchips
AI + ML04 Jun 2019 | 44
IE under fire, Triton goes under the microscope, and Norsk Hydro reeling from ransomware attack
Plus, Minnesota and North Carolina cities hit by hackers
Security13 Apr 2019 | 18
Centrica: Server fault on Wednesday caused Hive to crash on the Tuesday. Yes, yes, that's what we said
App services has now thawed, and of course energy supplier is very, very sorry
SaaS08 Apr 2019 | 50
Bit nippy, is it? Hive smart home users find themselves tweaking thermostat BY HAND
Massive outage across energy firm Centrica's app estate
Personal Tech02 Apr 2019 | 115
International investors gobble up Brit satellite specialist Inmarsat
Nom-nom-nom, says hungry private equity type Triton Bidco
On-Prem25 Mar 2019 | 11
Silence of the WANs: FBI DDoS-for-hire greaseball takedowns slash web flood attacks 'by 11%'
Fed bust of massive attack network caused traffic loads to plummet in Q4
Security19 Mar 2019 | 10
Don't be too shocked, but it looks as though these politicians have actually got their act together on IoT security
Analysis Actual bipartisan legislation in the US, with industry backing, reemerges
Edge + IoT13 Mar 2019 | 32
FBI warns of SIM-swap scams, IBM finds holes in visitor software, 13-year-old girl charged over JavaScript prank...
Roundup Tired: Booth babes. Wired: Floof babes. Expired: Conference hall carpets
Security09 Mar 2019 | 53
No guns or lockpicks needed to nick modern cars if they're fitted with hackable 'smart' alarms
Vulnerable kit can immobilise motors and even unlock doors
Security08 Mar 2019 | 65
Smart home owner? Don't make your crib easy pickings for the smart home pwner
Consumer IoT PITA to secure but not impossible, report warns
Edge + IoT05 Mar 2019 | 21
Azure IoT heads spacewards to maintain connectivity at the edge, courtesy of Inmarsat
Microsoft: 20 billion connected devices by 2020. Voda, Arm: How about 1 trillion by 2035?
Edge + IoT25 Feb 2019 | 5
SAP plugs IoT into Leonardo toolkit to woo big money industries
MWC Cloud-to-cloud interoperability with Microsoft, more vendors to come
Software25 Feb 2019 | 4
Where's Zero Cool when you need him? Loose chips sink ships: How hackers could wreck container vessels
Or Acid Burn? Or Lord Nikon? Weak IT security may end in disaster at sea... one day
Security21 Feb 2019 | 25
Just do IoT? We'd walk a mile in someone else's Nike smart sneakers, but they seem to be 'bricked'
Updated Owners having a connection 'mare in the Internet of Trainers
Edge + IoT20 Feb 2019 | 63
Secret mic in Nest gear wasn't supposed to be a secret, says Google, we just forgot to tell anyone
+Comment Whoops! Oh gosh
Personal Tech20 Feb 2019 | 156
Sigfox cracks open IoT radio protocol specs for world+dog (+badgers?)
Low-power ultra-narrowband network for your street, ma'am?
Networks13 Feb 2019 | 11
From Firefox to fired cocks: Look who's out to save you being shafted by insecure Internet of Dingalings – it's Mozilla!
Secret-keeping screw-ups bedevil amorous appliances
Edge + IoT06 Feb 2019 | 18
Good news! Only half of Internet of Crap apps fumble encryption
Updated Android apps for TP-Link, LIFX, Belkin, and Broadlink kit found with holes, some at least have been repaired
Edge + IoT04 Feb 2019 | 24
Intel boss: Expect chip shortages into mid-2019, stumbling server processor sales this year
Chipzilla laments weak IoT, looming server gloom, still promises 10nm proper by Q4
Systems25 Jan 2019 | 17
Forget your deepest, darkest secrets, smart speakers will soon listen for sniffles and farts too
All the better to sell you stuff
AI + ML14 Dec 2018 | 103
You've patched your cloud software, and feeling smug when... bang! A legacy edge device bricks itself
Backgrounder Don't want to be an enterprise id-IoT? Time to look at process
Devops07 Dec 2018 |
Edgelord of the Things: HPE waggles its one line to bring them all and on the edge bind them
HPE Discover 2018 Edgeline boxen bang operational tech and IT heads together
Edge + IoT27 Nov 2018 | 3
Real talk: You're gonna have to get real about real-time analytics if you wanna make IoT work
Backgrounder A gentle intro to design considerations for a large-scale internet-connected web of sensors
Edge + IoT21 Nov 2018 | 6
Microsoft's edgy Open Enclave SDK goes cross platform
Arm TrustZone now a thing for Azure IoT Edge devs
Edge + IoT20 Nov 2018 | 4
Creepy or super creepy? That is the question Mozilla's throwing at IoT Christmas pressies
'Tis the season to be tracked by your connected water bottle
Edge + IoT15 Nov 2018 | 24
US China-watcher warns against Middle Kingdom tech dominance
5G, IoT, and tech supply chains should go under spotlight
Security15 Nov 2018 | 32
Bruce Schneier: You want real IoT security? Have Uncle Sam start putting boots to asses
Infosec's cool uncle says to hell with the carrot
Security09 Nov 2018 | 67
As if connected toys weren't creepy enough, kids' data could be used against them in future
Watchdog tells manufacturers to reveal what they slurp on tots
Legal08 Nov 2018 | 19
GCHQ asks tech firms to pretty please make IoT devices secure
Hive, HP Inc sign up to refreshed code of practice
Edge + IoT15 Oct 2018 | 31
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