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IoT Adoption in Healthcare Brings Security Opportunities

CIO

At the end of the day, it’s all about patient outcomes and how to improve the delivery of care, so this kind of IoT adoption in healthcare brings opportunities that can be life-changing, as well as simply being operationally sound. Why Medical IoT Devices Are at Risk There are a number of reasons why medical IoT devices are at risk.

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New botnet Torii showcases next stage of IoT abuse, researchers say

The Parallax

Security researchers have caught hackers lashing together Internet-connected devices in a botnet they’re calling Torii, which uses techniques not seen in an IoT botnet before—including intercepting and stealing data, and using the Tor Project network to hide its network traffic. 5 questions to ask before buying an IOT device.

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Cybersecurity Snapshot: CISA Says Midnight Blizzard Swiped U.S. Gov’t Emails During Microsoft Hack, Tells Fed Agencies To Take Immediate Action

Tenable

1 - CISA to federal agencies: Act now to mitigate threat from Midnight Blizzard’s Microsoft email hack Midnight Blizzard, a nation-state hacking group affiliated with the Russian government, stole email messages exchanged between several unnamed U.S. military have had access to Malware Next-Generation Analysis since November.

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Apple patches nasty security bugs, HBO Max suddenly removes content, and a16z backs Neumann’s next thing

TechCrunch

” Google shutters IoT Core : Google’s IoT Core is a service meant to help device makers build internet-connected gadgets that connect to Google Cloud. The Vietnam-based group of developers behind the stalkerware network went to great lengths to keep their identities hidden (but not well enough). Not at all.

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11 Key Enterprise IoT Security Recommendations

Altexsoft

As we know, the IoT will enable businesses to capture more data for deep analysis while obtaining more granular control over processes. Devices connected to the IoT have been recognized for a long time as a prime target for hackers and once you have read the article to follow, you will appreciate why. This is good news.

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Your old router could be a hacking group’s APT pawn

The Parallax

VANCOUVER—If you’ve been looking for another reason to replace your old Wi-Fi router, here it is: A group of hackers could be using it to hide the origins of its online attacks. Secret to safer IoT is smarter Wi-Fi, hacker Caezar says (Q&A). 5 questions to ask before buying an IOT device. How to secure your home Wi-Fi.

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Kinsing & Dark.IoT botnet among threats targeting CVE-2022-26134

Lacework

As of this writing we have observed active exploitation by known Cloud threat malware families such as Kinsing, “Hezb”, and the Dark.IoT botnet. One interesting development was the use of a new malware host – 195.2.79.26 Several malware components were observed, the first of which was an XMRig miner installed as “Hezb”.

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