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Security researchers have discovered almost a dozen zero-day vulnerabilities in VxWorks, one of the most widely used real-time operating systems (RTOS) for embedded devices that powers over 2 billion devices across aerospace, defense, industrial, medic… Continue reading Critical Flaws Found in VxWorks RTOS That Powers Over 2 Billion Devices
A year ago, cybersecurity researchers at Trend Micro who were tinkering with home-automation systems in their spare time decided to make a formal project out of it. One of the researchers invited the others to hack his smart home in Germany and see what they could find out about the underlying protocols used in it. They quickly discovered that not only was the system susceptible to manipulation, but it was also ill-equipped to detect it. The owner of the home found himself moving from room to room, trying to figure out why his lights and window blinds weren’t working. Stephen Hilt, a senior threat researcher at Trend Micro, had inadvertently carried out a denial-of-service attack on devices running on a popular building-automation protocol in the house. The researchers knew where the attack was coming from — Hilt was using a software-defined radio to jam the devices, flooding them with noise — but they didn’t realize how effective it would be. “That was […]
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A security researcher has discovered several critical vulnerabilities in one of the most popular embedded real-time operating systems—called FreeRTOS—and its other variants, exposing a wide range of IoT devices and critical infrastructure systems to ha… Continue reading Critical Flaws Found in Amazon FreeRTOS IoT Operating System
Not following cybersecurity best practices could not only cost online users but also cost cybercriminals. Yes, sometimes hackers don’t take best security measures to keep their infrastructure safe.
A variant of IoT botnet, called Owari, that relies on… Continue reading IoT Botnets Found Using Default Credentials for C&C Server Databases
Researchers have found that even after having an advanced encryption scheme in place, more than 100 million Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices from thousands of vendors are vulnerable to a downgrade attack that could allow attackers to gain unauthorized … Continue reading Z-Wave Downgrade Attack Left Over 100 Million IoT Devices Open to Hackers
More than half a million routers and storage devices in dozens of countries have been infected with a piece of highly sophisticated IoT botnet malware, likely designed by Russia-baked state-sponsored group.
Cisco’s Talos cyber intelligence unit have d… Continue reading Researchers unearth a huge botnet army of 500,000 hacked routers
Finally, it’s happening.
Microsoft has built its own custom Linux kernel to power “Azure Sphere,” a newly launched technology that aims to better secure billions of “Internet of things” devices by combining the custom Linux kernel with new chip design… Continue reading Microsoft built its own custom Linux OS to secure IoT devices
Internet-connected technology, also known as the Internet of Things (IoT), is now part of daily life, with smart assistants like Siri and Alexa to cars, watches, toasters, fridges, thermostats, lights, and the list goes on and on.
But of much greater … Continue reading Casino Gets Hacked Through Its Internet-Connected Fish Tank Thermometer
If your smart devices are smart enough to make your life easier, then their smart behaviour could also be exploited by hackers to invade your privacy or spy on you, if not secured properly.
Recent research conducted by security researchers at threat p… Continue reading Hackers Could Turn LG Smart Appliances Into Remote-Controlled Spy Robot
Botnets, like Mirai, that are capable of infecting Linux-based internet-of-things (IoT) devices are constantly increasing and are mainly designed to conduct Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks, but researchers have discovered that cybercrimina… Continue reading Linux Trojan Using Hacked IoT Devices to Send Spam Emails