In 2015, USA Networks aired one of the most realistic depictions of building hacking ever to be featured in a TV or movie. The lead character, Elliot, posing as a tech billionaire, walks into a highly secured data facility in upstate New York and obtains a tour. Afterward, he manages to sneak into a sensitive […]
We expect smart home systems to work without a glitch and withstand attacks but, unfortunately, the security of these systems is still far from perfect.
According to Gartner, “connected things” in smart homes and smart buildings represent 45% of 1.1 billion IoT devices in 2015. For that many devices, it is disconcerting that security pundits are asking whether these “connected things” are secure. However, it’s a good enough question that IBM’s X-Force Security Research Group has decided to find out. […]
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