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When Hackers Meet Tractors: Surprising Roles in IoT Security

Data Breach Today

How to Find a Career in Industrial IoT - on the Factory Floor or in the Cornfield Cybersecurity once conjured images of IT departments, server rooms and corporate firewalls.

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KrebsOnSecurity Hit By Huge New IoT Botnet “Meris”

Krebs on Security

The assault came from “ Meris ,” the same new “Internet of Things” (IoT) botnet behind record-shattering attacks against Russian search giant Yandex this week and internet infrastructure firm Cloudflare earlier this summer. Cloudflare recently wrote about its attack , which clocked in at 17.2 In its Aug. Image: Qrator.

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Secure by Design: UK Enforces IoT Device Cybersecurity Rules

Data Breach Today

Law Bans Universal Default Passwords; Requires Bug-Reporting Channels, Update Plan Say goodbye to buying internet of things devices in Britain with a default or hardcoded password set to "12345," as the country has banned manufacturers from shipping internet-connected and network-connected devices that don't comply with minimum cybersecurity standards. (..)

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Coming Soon: 'Trust Mark' Certification for IoT Devices

Data Breach Today

Program, Which Could Become Global, Designed to Evaluate Security of Connected Devices An Australian IoT alliance is developing a certification program designed to raise security standards for connected device manufacturers and give consumers more confidence that they're buying secure devices.

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P2P Weakness Exposes Millions of IoT Devices

Krebs on Security

A peer-to-peer (P2P) communications technology built into millions of security cameras and other consumer electronics includes several critical security flaws that expose the devices to eavesdropping, credential theft and remote compromise, new research has found. A Webcam made by HiChip that includes the iLnkP2P software.

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The Importance of Securing Operational Technology

Data Breach Today

Shankar Karthikason on How to Stem the Growing Cyberthreat to Manufacturing Manufacturing is a huge industry with massive amounts of critical data and IoT surfaces, and it is also a lucrative target for cybercriminals.

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IoT devices at major Manufacturers infected with crypto-miner

Security Affairs

Hackers have infected with a piece of malware some IoT devices running Windows 7 designed by three of the world’s largest manufacturers. Security experts from TrapX reported that some IoT devices running Windows 7 have been infected with a piece of malware, is it a supply chain attack? ” continues the report.