IoT Security
Addressing IoT Device Security Head-on
The Mirai botnet exposed very publicly how weaknesses in IoT devices can be used to create wide-scale Internet outages. Since then, other botnets based on Mirai have emerged, and now a new variant, Wicked, is being reported. Organizations are well-aware of the risks of insecure IoT devices.
<p><span><span>The Mirai botnet exposed very publicly how weaknesses in IoT devices can be used to create wide-scale Internet outages. Since then, other botnets based on Mirai have emerged, and now a <a href="https://www.securityweek.com/wicked-variant-mirai-botnet-emerges" title="Wicked IoT botnet">new variant</a>, Wicked, is being reported. Organizations are well-aware of the risks of insecure IoT devices.