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Pretty Much All Consumer Internet of Things Vulnerabilities Are Avoidable

In-brief: A study by the Online Trust Alliance (OTA), a non-profit focused on online trust, put a figure on how many consumer security vulnerabilities could have been easily avoided. That figure: 100 percent. That’s right…every single one.  We’ve been reporting about the low-hanging fruit of vulnerabilities in consumer-focused connected devices for a long time. Years, in fact. Whether the device is a home surveillance camera or a “smart TV” or Bluetooth [fill in the blank], trivial and (often) exploitable security holes are often part of the package. Now a study by the Online Trust Alliance (OTA), a non-profit focused on online trust, put a figure on how many consumer security vulnerabilities could have been easily avoided. That figure: 100 percent. That’s right…every single one. OTA did a survey of vulnerabilities in consumer facing IoT devices between November 2015 and July 2016 and found that all of them could have been avoided had device manufacturers and developers […]

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Verizon, Qualcomm Back LTE for Secure Internet of Things

File this one under “Darwinian battle for wireless survival.” Verizon and Qualcomm used the CTIA Super Mobility show in Las Vegas today to unveil plans to use Verizon’s ThingSpace IoT platform as a service with Qualcomm’s LTE modems, with greater security for IoT deployments as a major selling point. According to an announcement by the companies, Verizon will pre-integrate its ThingSpace within Qualcomm’s MDM9206 Category M (Cat M1) LTE modem. Verizon’s 4G LTE network will become the intended backbone for “building, deploying and managing IoT applications customized for a wide-range of use cases,” according to the statement. 4G networks have widely been perceived as too expensive and overpowered for many IoT deployments, such as low power sensors and single-function or intermittently connected endpoints. The new arrangement is intended to grab some of that low power business back from competing short-range technologies like Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Zwave and Zigbee, or from low power […]

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Samsung Taps Security Start-up Darktrace for IoT Protection

In-brief: Samsung’s SDS global IT services group inked a deal with the security start-up Darktrace last week that, according to reports, will also result in collaboration around security for IoT devices.

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NIST Outlines a Secure Network of Things

In-brief:  A new Special Publication from NIST offers a model for understanding networks of “things” and the security and reliability issues they might encounter. 

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prpl Foundation Unveils Hypervisor for the Internet of Things

One of the big challenges in the Internet of Things is securing end-points. That’s nothing new: enterprises have been struggling to secure Windows desktops, laptops and servers for decades now. The challenge with the IoT is both bigger and more complicated than that. For one thing: there will be many, many more endpoints on the IoT than there ever were on your conventional IT network – more by a factor of 10 or 100 or 1000. The other challenge is that the endpoints will be heterogenous. Some might be running embedded Linux, Android or some other, obscure RTOS (real time operating system). Some may even be running Windows, if Redmond gets its way. They might be low value assets unworthy of- or unready for fat, expensive endpoint security suites. But unimportant endpoints can still be stepping stones to other, more important assets in an IoT environment: IoT hubs, cloud-based management […]

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