US lawmakers balk at call for IoT security regulations
- Brian Burke-Gaffney
- Nov-16-2016
- Business Technology
- Comments Off on US lawmakers balk at call for IoT security regulations
The U.S. government needs to pass regulations mandating internet of things security measures before device vulnerabilities start killing people, a security expert told lawmakers.A massive distributed denial-of-service attack aided by IoT devices in October “was benign” because a couple of […]
Read MoreUS lawmakers balk at call for IoT security regulations
- Brian Burke-Gaffney
- Nov-16-2016
- Business Technology
- Comments Off on US lawmakers balk at call for IoT security regulations
The U.S. government needs to pass regulations mandating internet of things security measures before device vulnerabilities start killing people, a security expert told lawmakers.A massive distributed denial-of-service attack aided by IoT devices in October “was benign” because a couple of […]
Read MoreReport: Backdoor access in the Blu R1 HD and other phones sent data to China
- Brian Burke-Gaffney
- Nov-15-2016
- Business Technology
- Comments Off on Report: Backdoor access in the Blu R1 HD and other phones sent data to China
Some Blu smartphone owners got a hidden feature they weren’t quite expecting.It turned out software from a Chinese company was transmitting all of their text messages and other data to China every 72 hours. The vulnerability was discovered by a […]
Read MoreReport: Backdoor access in the Blu R1 HD and other phones sent data to China
- Brian Burke-Gaffney
- Nov-15-2016
- Business Technology
- Comments Off on Report: Backdoor access in the Blu R1 HD and other phones sent data to China
Some Blu smartphone owners got a hidden feature they weren’t quite expecting.It turned out software from a Chinese company was transmitting all of their text messages and other data to China every 72 hours. The vulnerability was discovered by a […]
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