Category: IoT, IIoT, ICS-SCADA

Researchers have discovered a bevy of flaws in a consumer smart scale that could allow hackers to launch a variety of attacks, from man-in-the-middle to denial of service attacks. Checkmarx researchers reported the vulnerabilities on Monday and outlined four “medium” severity bugs linked to the connected scale. READ MORE

via ThreatPost

[via SecurityWeek.com]

The Internet of Things (IoT) is integrating the physical world and computer-based systems more and more through a vast network of electronics, software, sensors, actuators and connectivity. According to Statista, the IoT juggernaut is growing nearly 20-percent annually and on track to hit $8.9 trillion by 2020. All the while, a quarter of all IoT remains devoted to industrial settings — the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). Read More