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While 2021 will present evolving threats and new challenges, it will also offer new tools and technologies that will we hope shift the balance towards the defense.

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2020-11-25 Elizabeth Montalbano

Light-Based Attacks Expand in the Digital Home

The team that hacked Amazon Echo and other smart speakers using a laser pointer continue to investigate why MEMS microphones respond to sound.

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2020-11-19 Lindsey O'Donnell

IoT Cybersecurity Improvement Act Passed, Heads to President’s Desk

Security experts praised the newly approved IoT law as a step in the right direction for insecure connected federal devices.

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2020-11-13 Lindsey O'Donnell

Botnet Attackers Turn to Vulnerable IoT Devices

Cybercriminals are leveraging the multitudes of vulnerable connected devices with botnets that launch dangerous distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks.

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2020-10-28 Becky Bracken

Lax Security Exposes Smart-Irrigation Systems to Attack Across the Globe

Systems designed by Mottech Water Management were misconfigured and put in place and connected to the internet without password protections.

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2020-10-24 Lindsey O'Donnell

IoT Device Takeovers Surge 100 Percent in 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic, coupled with an explosion in the number of connected devices, have led to a swelling in IoT infections observed on wireless networks.