Security challenges facing the Internet of things.

The good news is that security-conscious companies like Avast are also paying more attention to devices that connect to the Internet in order to develop the best methods to offer the protection that consumers need. The security challenges presented by devices of this type are different from those of equipment and mobile devices in the sense that they are closed devices. Unable to load a third-party protection program on a smart TV or webcam; on the other hand, on a PC it is possible. What Avast is doing is looking for ways to monitor the network activity of these devices: what they do, who they communicate with and how often. Having your IP printer suddenly start communicating with new and strange sources over the network is a great sign that the device has been fraudulently used. Just as more and more smart devices are being launched on the market, it is to be expected that the arrival of a new wave of security services designed to monitor them will also be observed. Meanw...

Filling your house with smart appliances also fills it with various questions. Some have to do with basic privacy issues:   Is Alexa listening to me all the time?   Others are related to tracking the location and behaviors. Recently, Gizmodo published a fascinating story entitled “The House That Spied on me ": an article that everyone with a smart home should read. Perhaps you would be surprised to know how much information intelligent devices can reveal about you. For example, something as seemingly harmless as an intelligent thermostat harbors the secrets of your daily patterns: when you are at home and when you are not. This information is available to anyone who knows where to look. Then there are more important privacy invasions. The same webcam you use to make sure no one is hanging around on the floor below can use it to spy on you when you're hanging around that floor. Are smart locks intelligent enough to block a stubborn hacker or can the main door be opened ...

New technologies, old habits. The security challenges of smart homes have a solution but require certain actions on the part of users and the manufacturers of these connected devices. First, manufacturers should be more aware of the danger of not updating the firmware or software of their devices. The problem lies in focusing on the design and creation of new versions of their products instead of taking care of existing products that, over time, will be vulnerable. For our part, we have several solutions to protect our smart homes, present or future, such as changing the default passwords of the devices, if possible, and pay attention to the security of the main gateway: the router. The Internet of Things or Internet of Things works by connecting to the network, and the center of the networks are the routers. Hence the importance of keeping them updated, changing the default password by as complex as possible, limiting connections from outside, etc. For its part, security...

With the name smart or smart in English we call any device or device connected to the Internet. This implies that, inside, it has a minicomputer or a motherboard with certain advanced functions that are the ones that endow it with that intelligence. But that intelligence is not active, that is, it depends on how the manufacturer and its subsequent owner program it. We have been living with computers for several decades and the love-hate relationship allows many of us to be aware of how they facilitate many tasks but the dangers of having Internet connected constantly without security measures (such as a firewall or antivirus) and without updating the software assiduously. The same goes for mobile devices. Android is the main victim of mobile malware and basically affects outdated smartphones. Not only smart phones, but also televisions or other devices with Android installed. We have recently seen what happens when the connected technology is not up to date. The Winery ...

For some years now we have been hearing the expression Internet of Things (IoT) or Internet of Things in Pakistan. At first it was something ethereal, practically exotic and as strange and unreal to us as flying cars or time machines. But the Internet of Things is getting closer and closer. An example is smart vehicles, connected to servers that tell us which route to follow, where it is if it is stolen, if its mechanisms are in good condition or we must take it to repair... Here are some Security alarm providers companies in Lahore On the other hand, we have home automation, smart homes. The Internet of Things (IoT) allows to control from our smartphone or from a portable console similar to a tablet any aspect of our home: the temperature, if the blinds are up or down, the operation of the washing machine, the oven or the dishwasher, the contents of the refrigerator, what lights we light, if we want our cleaning robot to do its job... Most of these devices use...