To secure the Internet of Things and to build trust with customers, the way that vendors approach manufacturing, distributing and supporting devices and solutions must change.
Noting a rapid acceleration of "things" connected to the internet with the pace expected to pick up, panelists at the National Cyber Security Alliance's (NCSA's) Cybersecurity Summit at Nasdaq called for a focus on protecting data, advocated for a framework to guide development and said the personal nature of Internet of Things (IoT) will drive vendors to embrace higher levels of security.
The information and knowledge generated by the millions of devices on the Internet of Things are creating a kind of data exhaust that could give rise to security challenges, a panel told attendees Tuesday during an SC Congress New York keynote address.
A high school student has claimed to have hacked the private email account of CIA Director John Brennan where the student found a number of sensitive, government-related files, according to a report in the New York Post.
Siri is fickle enough to do the bidding of hackers, a pair of French researchers discovered recently, and will readily obey the commands of anyone who talks to her.
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