I noticed a report, cited by Slashdot, that 3 million smart toothbrushes have been infected by malware and exploited to commit distributed denial of service attacks.
In addition to the measures that should be taken by various device manufacturers to secure and update their Internet-connected products, this incident suggests that we should follow the security recommendation according to which Internet of Things devices belong on a separate wireless network from your workstations or other systems containing valuable data.
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In addition to the measures that should be taken by various device manufacturers to secure and update their Internet-connected products, this incident suggests that we should follow the security recommendation according to which Internet of Things devices belong on a separate wireless network from your workstations or other systems containing valuable data.
tomshardware.com/networking/th…
#security #InternetOfThings
Three million malware-infected smart toothbrushes used in Swiss DDoS attacks — botnet causes millions of euros in damages
Dental IoT devices caused millions of Euros in damages for Swiss company, says report.Mark Tyson (Tom's Hardware)