Cybersecurity

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/war_stories/2016/10/the_dyn_ddos_attack_shows_how_vulnerable_we_ve_made_ourselves.html →

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. →

http://www.edn.com/electronics-blogs/talking-things/4442940/Enterprise-IoT–a-standards-based-approach-to-the-connectivity-and-security-challenge-?_mc=sm_edn&hootPostID=10dba1dc5ad25a567f0bf36ea8bedaf2 IoT is important in many business processes. Security issues needs to be in control. →

https://enterprisersproject.com/article/2016/10/it-leaders-confess-their-scary-stories-and-deep-dark-fears Read this article to learn from experiences of other IT people. →

https://www.topcanadianvpn.com/build-your-own-vpn-server/ This article gives instructions to set up your own VPN server using OpenVPN. →

http://www.techworm.net/2016/10/google-shortened-link-rounds-twitter-causing-havoc-united-states.html Be careful what you click. Going to wrong page can crash your browser and make smart phone to call to 911.  →

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. →

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/10/19/home_router_insecurity/ It is not just IoT devices that are hacked en masse. Home routers are hit also with their flaws. →

https://threatpost.com/lawmakers-asking-what-isps-can-do-about-ddos-attacks/121557/ →

http://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/telecom/internet/experts-discuss-3-paths-to-stronger-iot-device-security-government-regulation-thirdparty-verification-and-market-forces?utm_source=SocialFlow&utm_medium=Facebook&utm_campaign=Social&utm_content=FaceBook The DDoS attack against DNS on friday started discussions on cyber security in IoT era. Maybe this discussion should have started few years earlier because now we have millions of vulnerable devices connected to Internet, and I expect that they will cause problems for years to come.  →