These days the Internet of Things (IoT) is multiplying at a rapid pace as more connected devices are hitting the consumer, commercial, and industrial markets. However, this proliferation has also created a new ground for cyber criminals seeking actively to compromise IoT devices with injecting malware. Considering a report, almost 21 percent of companies reported a data breach or cyber attack due to unsecured IoT devices last year, while 16 percent reported IoT-based attacks.
However, some countries’ governments now are taking a step further to secure IoT devices as the numbers of these devices are set to make a big leap beyond 41 billion by 2025. In this way, California is going to introduce a new Internet of Things Security Law on January 1, 2020, which will require all IoT devices to be outfitted with reasonable security protection.
How Attackers Target Connected and IoT Devices
In home networks, most attacks are easily able to circumvent the security of low-cost models of IP cameras. And most of these inexpensive devices are all based on a similar blueprint, which means if a vulnerability is found in one device, it may also work against…
