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Cryptocurrency miner hits IoT devices, mostly affects Brazil and Russia!

Credit to Author: Pradeep Kulkarni| Date: Thu, 09 Aug 2018 08:46:11 +0000

According to a blogpost published on Aug 1, 2018, 200,000 routers in Brazil were compromised to deliver Cryptocurrency mining scripts to mine Monero (XMR) cryptocurrency. Hackers compromised the vulnerable MikroTik routers by injecting CoinHive scripts into the routers web pages in order to carry out the mass Cryptocurrency miner attack….

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Edge: Critical Factors to Consider When Deploying Edge Technologies in Banking

Credit to Author: Hugh Lindsay| Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2018 20:36:38 +0000

Technology is rapidly transforming the way global business is done – from the amount of data housed centrally to how services are delivered locally at the edge. This acceleration is… Read more »

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Going Digital Gives Electric Utilities a Business Advantage

Credit to Author: Frederic Abbal| Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2018 10:47:57 +0000

There’s no question that business models for today’s electric utilities are shifting. Their traditional role as electricity suppliers is being challenged with stagnating or declining electricity sales in some regions…. Read more »

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Our Extensive Survey on IoT Cybersecurity Has Remarkable Top Consequence

Credit to Author: Greg Young (Vice President for Cybersecurity)| Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2018 12:16:18 +0000

Trend Micro recently conducted a global survey of IT and security decision makers. When asked about the top consequence to IoT security, many would have expected it to be data loss. However, the top consequence named with 52% of respondents was “Loss of Customer Trust.” IoT has a physical component that is unusual in the…

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Preparing for Shadow OT: A Hospital Case Study

Credit to Author: William “Bill” Malik (CISA VP Infrastructure Strategies)| Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2018 17:09:51 +0000

The convergence of IT and OT is happening more rapidly than IT expects. Once upon a time, IT was so expensive that enterprises built entire departments to prioritize spending and efficiently manage those costly investments. Now, IT is so inexpensive that any individual who wants IT can buy it (or rent it). This is “Shadow…

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Challenging Our Edge Computing Theory: What Tech Retailers May Turn to for Salvation

Credit to Author: Kevin Brown| Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2018 15:46:41 +0000

Last year, we put out a theory on edge computing and published a white paper addressing the growth of cloud computing and the need to rethink the level of redundancy… Read more »

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