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Shadow IT is increasing and so are the associated security risks

Shadow IT — tech brought into an organization without the security team’s knowledge — continues to be a threat. Managing visibility through increased vigilance and employee education can help mitigate its dangers.

By Mary K. Pratt

Jun 6, 20238 mins

Business IT AlignmentCloud SecurityIoT Security

Evil digital twins and other risks: the use of twins opens up a host of new security concerns

By Mary K. Pratt

May 10, 20239 mins

Data and Information SecurityEmerging TechnologyIoT Security

Palo Alto Networks announces new SD-WAN features for IoT security, compliance support

By Michael Hill

Mar 15, 20235 mins

Internet of ThingsIoT SecurityVendors and Providers

Articles

Medical device vulnerability could let hackers steal Wi-Fi credentials

Vulnerabilities on battery units for medical infusion pump devices made by Baxter could allow for network access, DoS and man-in-the-middle attacks, highlighting IoT security issues and the need to properly decommission equipment, security firm Rapid7 reports.

By Jon Gold

Sep 9, 2022 3 mins

Healthcare IndustryIoT SecurityWi-Fi

Barracuda report: Almost everyone faced an industrial attack in the last year

Major attacks on industrial systems are on the rise, yet security efforts to protect these systems continue to lag behind.

By Shweta Sharma

Jul 12, 2022 2 mins

IoT Security

Dozens of insecure-by-design flaws found in OT products

The OT:ICEFALL report shows that makers of operational technology manufacturers have to improve the security of their devices.

By Lucian Constantin

Jun 22, 2022 7 mins

Critical InfrastructureIoT Security

Microsoft includes IoT devices under its Secured-core program

The Edge Secured-core program is designed to validate IoT devices for specific security hardware technology, and ensure users that they are running an OS with built-in security technology.

By Shweta Sharma

Jun 22, 2022 3 mins

IoT SecuritySecurity

IoT Adoption in Healthcare Brings Security Opportunities

Medical IoT devices help to improve human healthcare every day. Just like humans need to do the right things to stay healthy, it’s essential for medical IoT devices to remain healthy too. Learn more about how to secure medical IoT devices.

Jan 20, 2023 7 mins

Data and Information SecurityIT LeadershipIoT Security

Outdated IoT healthcare devices pose major security threats

Ransomware has emerged to become the worst nightmare in healthcare and hospital devices running on outdated Windows versions or open-source software like Linux are the easy targets, according to research by Cynerio.

By Shweta Sharma

Jan 31, 2022 6 mins

IoT Security

NIST gears up for software security and IoT labeling pilot programs

Intended to help consumer make more secure software and IoT device purchases, the labeling guidelines are voluntary and self-policing at this time.

By Cynthia Brumfield

Dec 13, 2021 7 mins

Application SecurityComplianceIoT Security

Flaws in the Nucleus embedded TCP/IP stack puts critical systems at risk

The NUCLEUS:13 vulnerabilities can allow remote code execution or denial of service attacks. Billions of devices could be affected.

By Lucian Constantin

Nov 11, 2021 6 mins

IoT SecurityVulnerabilities

BusyBox flaws highlight need for consistent IoT updates

Some of the 14 vulnerabilities could result in remote code execution or denial of service attacks.

By Lucian Constantin

Nov 10, 2021 5 mins

IoT SecurityOperating SystemsVulnerabilities

Securing the edge: 4 trends to watch

The global COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated some of the security risks associated with the move to a more distributed computing model. Here are 4 ways security organizations are responding as edge computing threats evolve.

By Jaikumar Vijayan

Oct 12, 2021 5 mins

Edge ComputingEndpoint ProtectionIoT Security

BlackBerry faces bad PR by failing to go public with BadAlloc vulnerability

Although the company informed its OEM customers of the vulnerability, users of IoT devices running its QNX OS were potentially kept in the dark.

By Christopher Burgess

Aug 19, 2021 4 mins

Critical InfrastructureIoT SecurityVulnerabilities

IoT devices have serious security deficiencies due to bad random number generation

It's not the IoT vendors' fault. Lack of a cryptographically secure pseudo-random number generator subsystem for the internet of things devices will be vulnerable.

By Lucian Constantin

Aug 13, 2021 9 mins

Access ControlIoT Security

Serious flaws in widespread embedded TCP/IP stack endanger industrial control devices

Critical vulnerabilities potentially affect millions of devices, but finding and patching them will be difficult.

By Lucian Constantin

Aug 4, 2021 8 mins

Critical InfrastructureIoT SecurityVulnerabilities

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Shadow IT is increasing and so are the associated security risks

Evil digital twins and other risks: the use of twins opens up a host of new security concerns

Palo Alto Networks announces new SD-WAN features for IoT security, compliance support

New Mirai botnet variant V3G4 targets Linux servers, IoT devices

The cybersecurity challenges and opportunities of digital twins

Palo Alto Networks looks to shore up healthcare IoT security

Engineering workstation attacks on industrial control systems double: Report

Portnox adds IoT fingerprinting to network access control service

Articles

Medical device vulnerability could let hackers steal Wi-Fi credentials

Barracuda report: Almost everyone faced an industrial attack in the last year

Dozens of insecure-by-design flaws found in OT products

Microsoft includes IoT devices under its Secured-core program

IoT Adoption in Healthcare Brings Security Opportunities

Outdated IoT healthcare devices pose major security threats

NIST gears up for software security and IoT labeling pilot programs

Flaws in the Nucleus embedded TCP/IP stack puts critical systems at risk

BusyBox flaws highlight need for consistent IoT updates

Securing the edge: 4 trends to watch

BlackBerry faces bad PR by failing to go public with BadAlloc vulnerability

IoT devices have serious security deficiencies due to bad random number generation

Serious flaws in widespread embedded TCP/IP stack endanger industrial control devices

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