Tighter security will soon be mandatory for IoT devices that use the popular Z-Wave wireless protocol. Starting next April, the Z-Wave Alliance will require all products to include its S2 (Security 2) framework before they can be certified as Z-Wave compliant. S2 is designed to prevent hackers from breaking into IoT devices that are on […]
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Santa came early to Best Buy, which just released unexpectedly good sales and profits, as it continues to roll out its “Holiday Gifting Made Easy” campaign for stressed-out shoppers. For its fiscal third quarter, the Minneapolis-based retailer says revenue climbed to $8.95 billion, from $8.82 billion in the comparable period a year ago, with same-store
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Thursday, November 17, 2016 9:05 PM UTC TYSONS, Va., Nov. 17, 2016 — Alarm.com Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq:ALRM), the leading platform solution for the connected home and business, today announced that members of the Alarm.com management team will participate at the upcoming Credit Suisse and Raymond James investor conferences. Event Details: Credit Suisse 20th Annual Technology,
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Less than a month ago, hackers took control of an ocean of unsecured connected home devices, then essentially crashed the entire internet by using them to flood the web’s largest internet management company with bogus traffic. Now, the makers of smart gadgets that communicate using Z-Wave are ratcheting up their security standards to help reassure
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Recent cybercrime victims most likely to repeat risky behaviour Consumers are letting hackers sneak into their homes through connected devices NORTON by Symantec, on Nov 17 released findings from the annual Norton Cyber Security Insights Report, which sheds light on the truth about online crime and the personal effect it has on consumers.
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News Feed Item eero inc. Releases New Software Making Home WiFi System More Intelligent and More Resilient Introducing TrueMesh(TM), Alexa skills for eero, and new app features By Marketwired . Article Rating: November 17, 2016 10:05 AM EST SAN FRANCISCO, CA — (Marketwired) — 11/17/16 — Today, eero inc., creator of the first whole-home
Security expert Bruce Schneier testified that the U.S. may soon need to create an entirely new regulatory agency to contend with the unique threat posed by the Internet of Things. Confronting the dangers posed by the Internet of Things – as demonstrated by the Oct. 21 Mirai DDoS attack – members of the House of Representatives’ Energy
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Two U.S. government agencies have released security guidance documents focusing heavily on IoT security following a series of massive DDoS attacks that leveraged IoT devices using default security settings. Both the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have released recommendations for how to approach security for the
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Accenture plc (NYSE:ACN) said that, Iren Merca to has collaborated with Accenture (NYSE:ACN) to launch one of the first connected home services for customers in Italy. Focused on energy-consumption monitoring, it is a first step in creating a new business model beyond the commodities of electricity and gas. By working closely with Accenture to design
When it comes to the Internet of Things, the U.S. government should stick to maximizing the availability of spectrum and let industry deal with security, according to technology manufacturers. The Consumer Technology Association said this week in a white paper that relying on voluntary best practices to ensure the cybersecurity of billions of internet-connected devices would
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