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IoT Consumer Labeling Goes Global – What This Means for Vendors and Consumers

| | Compliance, Connected Devices, Cyber Resilience Act, cybersecurity standards, Data Security, Device redevelopment, European legislation, Fines for non-compliance, GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), Internet of Things (IoT)
IoT producers must comprehend the relevant rules, consult legal and technological experts and evaluate cybersecurity procedures ...
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Cheap Video Doorbell Cams: Tools of Stalkers and Thieves

| | Andoe, Anker, camera, camera hijacking, camera vulnerability, cameras, CCTV camera, CCTV cameras, Consumer IoT, Consumer Reports, Doorbell Camera, Eken, enshittification, Eufy, Fishbot, Gemee, hacked Wi-FI, Internet of things, Internet of Things (IoT), Internet of Things (IoT) Security, Internet of Things cyber security, internet-enabled cameras, iot, IoT camera, IoT security camera, IP surveillance cameras, ipcamera, Luckwolf, Rakeblue, Ring Camera, Ring Doorbell, safe wifi, SB Blogwatch, Sears, SHEIN, The ‘S’ in IoT stands for Security, Tuck, unsecure Wi-FI, Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi hacking, Wi-Fi networks, wi-fi security, Wyze
EKEN IoT FAIL: Amazon, Sears and Shein still sell security swerving stuff ...
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ALERT: Thieves❤️Wi-Fi Camera Jammers

| | camera, camera hijacking, camera vulnerability, cameras, CCTV camera, CCTV cameras, Consumer IoT, hacked Wi-FI, Internet of things, Internet of Things (IoT), Internet of Things (IoT) Security, Internet of Things cyber security, internet-enabled cameras, iot, IoT camera, IoT security camera, IP surveillance cameras, ipcamera, Ring Camera, safe wifi, SB Blogwatch, unsecure Wi-FI, Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi hacking, Wi-Fi networks, wi-fi security
I❤️POE: Does your home security need a rethink? Wireless cameras are kinda useless, say cops ...
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‘Total Bollocks’ — No, Your Toothbrush isn’t DDoS’ing

| | botnet, Botnet Attack, botnets, Consumer IoT, ddos, DDoS attack, DDoS botnet, Fortinet, Inc., Internet of things, Internet of Things (IoT), Internet of Things (IoT) Security, Internet of Things cyber security, iot, IoT botnet
PR FAIL: Were 3 million toothbrushes hacked into a botnet? Or does a Fortinet spokeschild have egg on his face? ...
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Mozi IoT Botnet: Kill Switch Halts Operations

| | Botnet disruption, Botnet operators, Botnet Takedown, Control payload, Cyber Threats, Cybersecurity, Cybersecurity Insights, Cybersecurity News, Digital realm protection, Internet of Things (IoT), kill switch, malicious actors, Malware families, Mozi IoT Botnet, Network Security, persistence
In a surprising turn of events, the Mozi botnet experienced a sudden and significant drop in malicious activities in August 2023. This unexpected decline was attributed to the deployment of a “kill ...
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Three Reasons Device Makers Should Prepare Now for the Cyber Resilience Act

| | Compliance, Connected Devices, Cyber Resilience Act, cybersecurity standards, Data Security, Device redevelopment, European legislation, Fines for non-compliance, GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), Internet of Things (IoT)
Europe’s cyber resilience act will rewrite the rules for connected devices on the continent. As I wrote recently for Security Boulevard, the draft legislation wants mandatory cybersecurity standards for connected devices and ...
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This SUCKS: ‘Cars Are a Privacy Nightmare,’ Mozilla Fumes

| | automaker, Car, cars, cellular IoT, cellular IoT security, Connected Cars, Consumer IoT, Internet of things, Internet of Things (IoT), Internet of Things (IoT) Security, Internet of Things cyber security, iot, Mozilla, Mozilla Foundation, New Cars, Privacy, Privacy4Cars, SB Blogwatch, vehicle, vehicle cybersecurity, vehicle OTAs
IoT cars considered harmful: Own a car? Care about your privacy? Mozilla Foundation has bad news for you ...
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Who and What is Behind the Malware Proxy Service SocksEscort?

Who and What is Behind the Malware Proxy Service SocksEscort?

| | A Little Sunshine, Adrian Crismaru, AVrecon, Black Lotus Labs, DomainTools.com, Intel471, Internet of Things (IoT), Lumen, Riley Kilmer, SocksEscort, spur.us, Web Fraud 2.0, wiremo
Researchers this month uncovered a two-year-old Linux-based remote access trojan dubbed AVrecon that enslaves Internet routers into botnet that bilks online advertisers and performs password-spraying attacks. Now new findings reveal that AVrecon ...
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Amazing Fast Crypto for IoT — US NIST Fingers ASCON

Amazing Fast Crypto for IoT — US NIST Fingers ASCON

| | AEAD, aes, ASCON, CAESAR, cryptography, hash, hash algorithms, hash function, hash functions, Internet of things, Internet of Things (IoT), Internet of Things (IoT) Security, Internet of Things cyber security, iot, NIST, SB Blogwatch
Implementing modern cryptography standards on tiny IoT devices is hard. They’re underpowered, need to sip battery charge and something like AES is often overkill ...
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IoT Devices Risky Business for the Enterprise

| | Device Security, IIoT, Internet of Things (IoT), Network Security
As the number and diversity of IoT devices proliferates and diversifies, organizations find themselves under constant assault from threat actors who often turn to the same attack vectors time and again. Successfully ...
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