This Week's News - IoT

December 1, 2023

A bi-weekly newsletter on IoT related news. If you find this interesting, I’d really appreciate it if you could share the love and pass it on to others who might enjoy it as well!

• This should be a warning to all industries that use IoT to take appropriate security measures  Pro Take: MGM Casino Hack Shows Challenge in Defending Connected Tech (Wall Street Journal $)
• “Manufacturers will have to assess the cybersecurity risks of their products, provide declarations of conformity and take appropriate action to fix problems during the expected lifetime of the product or for a period of at least five years”  Europe agrees on rules to protect smart devices from cyber threats (Reuters)
• A reminder that critical infrastructure is still under assault  Hackers Hijack Industrial Control System at US Water Utility (Security Week)Congressmen Ask DOJ to Investigate Water Utility Hack, Warning It Could Happen Anywhere (Security Week)
• And the attack surface is going to continue to grow  IoT market for critical infrastructure monitoring set for 28% CAGR surge (RCR Wireless)
• Yet here’s a bit of good news  Attacks Against South African ICS and IoT Systems Steadily Decrease (Dark Reading)
• More developments on edge AI but since ARM based processors are found in a large number of IoT devices, this is big step  Arm unleashes edge AI performance in IoT devices with Cortex-M52 (Fierce Electronics)Eta Compute Signs Up NXP for TinyML Platform (EE Times)
• “Governments in other countries may follow the U.S. government’s lead, which can result in a reliable global cybersecurity standard baseline”  IoT Security Labeling Improving, But More Collaboration Needed (EE Times)
• This vulnerability is likely to be present in any number of IoT devices  Weak session keys let snoops take a byte out of your Bluetooth traffic (The Register)

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