It sounds like a joke, but is your refrigerator sending SPAM? Unfortunately it’s no joke. It’s simply the obvious question to ask after reading the latest research from Proofpoint In this research, they analyzed how SPAM attacks were occurring, and found that 25% of the malicious emails did not come from “computers”, but rather from internet-connected […]
A new worm has been found that attacks Internet of Things devices. The worm, Linux.Darlloz, exploits a PHP vulnerability to propagate itself in the wild. The worm utilizes the PHP ‘php-cgi’ Information Disclosure Vulnerability (CVE-2012-1823), which is an old vulnerability that was patched in May 2012. The attacker recently created the worm based on the […]
It’s true, things look pretty bleak for security of the Internet of Things space. Just take a look around and read up on it – loads of vulnerabilities and vendor community that doesn’t seem interested or capable of addressing the problem. What are we supposed to do, wait for the cavalry to save us? Perhaps […]
We all know that router security is closely tied to IoT (Internet of Things) because it’s so important to keep the bad guys away from all of the connected devices in your home. But how many devices is that really going to be? An interesting article estimates that by 2017, the number of connected devices […]