The massive Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack last month on Dyn, the New Hampshire-based Domain Name System (DNS) provider, was mostly an inconvenience. While it took down a portion of the internet for several hours, disrupted dozens of major websites and made national news, nobody died. Nobody even got hurt, other than financially. But […]
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At a “Home Hacker Lab” event sponsored by Hartford Steam Boiler (HSB), part of Munich Re, and Prescient Solutions, an ethical hacker revealed how cybercriminals work — and what consumers can do to protect themselves. The October 13 workshop in New York City mounted a remote cyber-attack on an Internet-connected model home inside the American
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The insecurity and accessibility of a multitude internet of things devices will make them favorite tools of cyber-attackers. After massive denial-of-service attacks in October, security experts are warning that the relative lack of security of the Internet of Things will continue to make connected devices favored targets of attackers looking to create botnets from which
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The Internet of Things will cause a tsunami of data triggered by billions of sensors of all types deployed around the world. One of the big questions is how marketers will coral and utilize all that consumer activity information. There already is data from smartphone activity, such as information including location, motion and consumer traffic
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General Electric CEO Jeff Immelt.Justin Sullivan/Getty Images SAN FRANCISCO — Back in August, GE CEO Jeff Immelt criticized Donald Trump over his racist comments on Muslims and Mexicans, calling them “unacceptable.” Now, Immelt tells Business Insider that while he stands by his view of Trump’s comments, he reaffirms that he’s only ever had positive interactions with
Over 412 million users of adult websites operated by FriendFinder Networks Inc. were compromised last month in the largest hack of 2016, USA TODAY The Internet of Things promises to seamlessly interconnect our home devices, but also carries the risk of hacking due to poor security measures.(Photo: Thinkstock) SAN FRANCISCO – Having a home full
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Industrial operators already have mountains of data and its only getter bigger. A recent report by GE and Accenture found that for 80 to 90 percent of companies, Big Data analytics is among the top three priorities, and 76 percent expect their investment to increase over the next year. Data holds powerful answers for industries
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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has released guidelines for internet of things cybersecurity, the second federal agency to do so on Tuesday. The DHS guide offers advice on improving security while products are being designed, risk management, supporting updates and general security mindfulness. It’s report, “Strategic Principles for Securing the Internet of Things (IoT), Version 1.0”
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WAKEFIELD, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The NFC Forum today formally unveiled an initiative to create a Tag Certification Program and called upon tag vendors and solutions providers to join the NFC Forum and participate in the effort. The new program will give organizations involved in products and services that use NFC tags—for the first time—a means of assuring
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CALABASAS, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Ixia (Nasdaq: XXIA), a leading provider of network testing, visibility, and security solutions, today announced the availability of CloudStorm™. CloudStorm is the first multi-terabit network security test platform delivering unprecedented performance to test and validate the increased capacity, efficiency, and resiliency of hyperscale cloud data centers. Ixia has strengthened its leadership role in the