Tag: Internet of Things

Symantec: Common Security Ailments In Smart Home Technology

  In-brief: A Symantec survey of smart home products found a raft of common security mistakes, from weak (or missing) authentication to exploitable software vulnerabilities. 

Cyber Lemons: Lawsuit alleges Hackable Cars Pose Risks to Consumers

  In-brief: A lawsuit filed in California charges U.S. automakers with endangering their customers by failing to protect ‘connected vehicle’ features from cyber attack. 

Senate Resolution Calls for National IoT Plan

In-brief: A bipartisan group of lawmakers issued a Senate Resolution today calling for a comprehensive national plan for developing the Internet of Things.

The Enterprise IT Security Continuum

In-brief: Cisco executive Marc Blackmer argues that advanced threats and the coming Internet of Things will put more pressure on IT organizations to fight cyber threats along a continuum that includes blocking, detection and remediation. 

Twitter Accounts to follow for IoT and Security

Twitter is a great place to keep tabs on what leading security researchers, academics, policy makers and luminaries are up to. That’s no different for security and Internet of Things, where scores – even hundreds – of world-class researchers and thought leaders share their latest work, exchange ideas, opine and post pictures of their cats. Here are a few of the most rewarding security and Internet of Things accounts that we follow here at The Security Ledger. [soliloquy id=”56140″]