Fatal flaws in ten pacemakers make for Denial of Life attacks • The Register
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/12/01/denial_of_life_attacks_on_pacemakers/ →
Safety
Programmers are having a huge discussion about the unethical and illegal things they’ve been asked to do – Business Insider Nordic
http://nordic.businessinsider.com/programmers-confess-unethical-illegal-tasks-asked-of-them-2016-11 Software controls almost everything in our modern world. →
Hacking industrial processes with and undetectable PLC Rootkit Security Affairs
http://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/51389/breaking-news/plc-rootkit.html?utm_campaign=crowdfire&utm_content=crowdfire&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter Industrial automation systems attacks will get more advanced than Stuxnet. Can we keep aging PLC and SCADA systems safe? →
Why the Next Denial of Service Attack Could Be Against Your Car – IEEE Spectrum
http://spectrum.ieee.org/view-from-the-valley/transportation/safety/why-the-next-denial-of-service-attack-could-be-against-your-car Connected cars can become targets of DDoS attacks. →
There’s a new way to take down drones, and it doesn’t involve shotguns | Ars Technica
http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/10/drone-hijacker-gives-hackers-complete-control-of-aircraft-in-midflight/ Hackers have figured out how to hijack drones using weakness in popular remore control protocol. →
18 Things That Have No Business Being Connected To The Internet – Internet Of Things | IoT India
http://electronicsofthings.com/expert-opinion/18-things-that-have-no-business-being-connected-to-the-internet/?utm_source=eotpage&utm_medium=eotpage&utm_campaign=eotpage&utm_content=eotposts Some things should not be connected with IoT. →
Risk management and compliance in Internet of things
http://electronicsofthings.com/expert-opinion/risk-management-compliance/?utm_source=eotpage&utm_medium=eotpage&utm_campaign=eotpage&utm_content=eotposts There are several big risks on IoT. You need to understand those risk and keep them in control. →
Nuclear Power Plant Disrupted by Cyber Attack | Threatpost
https://threatpost.com/nuclear-power-plant-disrupted-by-cyber-attack/121216/ Nuclear power plant control system was not completely safe from hackers. →
IoT used for censorship and more
Brian Krebs site hit with 665 Gbps DDoS attack is back. Why the silencing of KrebsOnSecurity opens a troubling chapter for the ‘Net? Let Brian Krebs answer to that with his The Democratization of Censorship article. Here is my short overview of that article showing some of the main points: John Gilmore, an American entrepreneur →
Scary Insights Into The Security of Smart Things: What The IOT Startups Don’t Pitch About – Internet Of Things | IoT India
http://electronicsofthings.com/expert-opinion/scary-insights-security-smart-things-what-the-iot-startups-dont-pitch-about/?utm_source=eotpage&utm_medium=eotpage&utm_campaign=eotpage&utm_content=eotposts →