Equifax Fallout Proxy adviser Institutional Shareholder Services is recommending against re-electing 5 directors who sat on the audit and technology committees prior to the recent breach. Equifax says that the breach will cost them an estimated $439 million through the end of this year and the company is facing hundreds of lawsuits. The company has […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The Internet of Things never fails to amaze me. And make us think outside of the box. As the British publication The Register said, your smart lock may be knackered. Google says that knacker means damage severely and I think they are right. Here is the story. For AirBnB hosts, one security challenge they have […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]We usually think of Internet of Things (IoT) devices as smart light bulbs or door locks or cameras, but there are some IoT devices that are a little bigger and a lot more expensive. In this case, it is a multi-million dollar Cat Scanner that hospitals and imaging centers use to create diagnostic images. Siemens […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Lets combine all the possible cyber risk concerns into one sentence. A bug in an open source library used by major IoT vendors is raising the spectre of software supply chain/vendor risk management issues for all developers. The vendor in question is Axis Communications. Whether you know it or not, you have seen their security cameras across the country including […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]I have been standing on my IoT soapbox for a while, saying that IoT is dangerous and people don’t know it. As a result, people aren’t doing anything about it. Well, today I received a dose of reality. We recently completed a vulnerability scan for a client of ours and one of the findings was […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]When your Internet connected baby monitor fails you probably whine. You may complain to the manufacturer or the store where you bought it. Or, you may just buy a new one. But if that IoT device is your car, well, that could be a bit more complicated. If you buy a used car and the […]
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