BURLINGTON, Vt. — Wireless printers, webcams, DVRs and other connected devices can become tools hackers can use for no good, according to a new report. It’s already happened, and online security professionals say too many people still don’t know how to protect against those kinds of attacks. Advertisement “It was very serious. It took down […]
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by Bill Brenner Attackers are increasingly using Linux security holes to target and infect Internet of Things (IoT) devices that include everything from webcams to internet-connecting household appliances. That’s among the findings in a SophosLabs malware forecast released today, the first day of RSA Conference 2017 in San Francisco. A hot topic at RSA IoT threats
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Nick Hunn was the first to use the word “hearables.” When the wearables craze started a few years ago, he wrote “forget wristbands – the ear is the new wrist.” In a new article he goes further, saying, “Forget the Internet of Things (IoT) – it’s a bubble.” He thinks the future is the Internet
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Image: iStockphoto/mangpor_2004 More about Innovation The Internet of Things (IoT) industry is booming—in 2017, the number of connected devices in use worldwide will reach 8.4 billion, outnumbering people, according to a recent Gartner report. By 2020, more than 20.8 billion IoT devices will be in use, Gartner predicts. As connected homes, cars, and offices become
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Cisco Blog > SP360: Service Provider SP360: Service Provider Volker Tegtmeyer – February 13, 2017 – 0 Comments Contributors: Yves Padrines Making small changes to legacy systems isn’t enough – it’s time to leap into the virtual future Thanks to rapidly developing trends like the growth of the cloud, online video and the Internet of
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ST. LOUIS, MO, Feb 13, 2017 – In a joint effort to improve the quality of life in urban areas, IoT and Smart City platform provider Fybr has teamed with IBM’s Watson Internet of Things group. This new partnership will bring sensor data from Fybr’s Smart City Platform to IBM’s Bluemix Cloud to take advantage
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Sure, your office may seem clean. But it’s probably not. Invisible network pollution contaminates the space, and it may open a door to evildoers. The pollution comes from the growing list of internet-connected devices: cellphones, security cameras, thermostats, door locks, printers, speakerphones, even coffeemakers. Not all of them have up-to-date security patches or strong password
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As someone that’s been to the show a number of times, it’s not a lack of knowledge or experience that’s left me feeling a general malaise towards it this year, but it’s hard to get excited when the companies attending don’t feel like their (metaphorical) hearts are in it either. OnePlus, Xiaomi, Apple, Google (in
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Microsoft has released Project Rome SDK for Android. It will allow users to control their Windows 10 PCs and devices through their Android devices. Project Rome SDK. Android Central reports that Project Rome for Android is now available. However, the release is limited at the moment. Users can only control their Android devices and not
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BlackBerry is reaffirming the software focus and starting to more broadly share the ‘BlackBerry Secure’ branding on social media. In a new video on YouTube, BlackBerry highlights some of the critical endpoints they cover with software security. There have been some videos that address pieces of this strategic pivot, but this latest video really puts
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