Smart Cities World – Millions of connected devices used in smart cities, industrial IoT and smart homes could be hijacked to disrupt services, damage equipment and even cover up attacks against infrastructure, according to new research. A new paper from security services and research firm IOActive claims that the LoRaWAN protocol has a host of cybersecurity issues that could put network users at risk of attack.
Total Telecom – IOActive, Inc., the worldwide leader in research-fueled security services, today released a new research paper, ‘LoRaWAN networks susceptible to hacking: common cybersecurity problems, how to detect and prevent them’. The researchers found that the LoRaWAN protocol – which is used across the globe to transmit data to and from IoT devices in smart cities, Industrial IoT, smart homes, smart utilities, vehicle tracking, and healthcare – has a host of cybersecurity issues that could put network users at risk of attack.
InfoSecurity – Security researchers are warning that the technology underpinning many smart city deployments is susceptible to a range of cyber-attacks, enabling hackers to sabotage infrastructure in potentially life-threatening raids. IOActive’s latest research paper covers LoRaWAN, or the Long-Range Wide Area Network protocol which many low-powered IoT devices use to connect to the internet in scenarios such as smart cities, industrial IoT, smart homes, utilities, vehicle tracking, and healthcare.
Digitalisation World – IOActive, Inc has released a new research paper, ‘LoRaWAN networks susceptible to hacking: common cybersecurity problems, how to detect and prevent them’. The researchers found that the LoRaWAN protocol – which is used across the globe to transmit data to and from IoT devices in smart cities, Industrial IoT, smart homes, smart utilities, vehicle tracking, and healthcare – has a host of cybersecurity issues that could put network users at risk of attack. Such attacks could cause widespread disruption or in extreme cases even put lives at risk.
ZDNet – IOActive security researchers say LoRaWAN networks are vulnerable to cyber-attacks despite boastful claims about the protocol’s security features. Security experts have published a report today warning that the new and fast-rising LoRaWAN technology is vulnerable to cyberattacks and misconfigurations, despite claims of improved security rooted in the protocol’s use of two layers of encryption.
Threat Post – New research from IOActive has found that “blindly” trusting the encryption of the widely adopted device protocol can lead to DDoS, sending of false data and other cyber attacks. The LoRaWAN protocol has become standard in the world of industrial IoT because of its support for low-power wireless devices over long distances and its end-to-end encryption technology.
CSO – New report from IOActive details implementation errors that expose LoRaWAN networks to attack and provides a framework for mitigating the risk. LoRaWAN, a long-range wireless communications technology for low-powered devices such as sensors, has been gaining popularity worldwide in smart city, industrial internet of things (IioT) and smart home projects. Even though the protocol uses built-in encryption, implementation errors are common, and they enable attacks that are hard to detect.
Help Net Security – IOActive researchers found that the LoRaWAN protocol – which is used across the globe to transmit data to and from IoT devices in smart cities, Industrial IoT, smart homes, smart utilities, vehicle tracking, and healthcare – has a host of cybersecurity issues that could put network users at risk of attack. Such attacks could cause widespread disruption or in extreme cases even put lives at risk.
Sensors Daily – Researchers at security-services provider IOActive say LoRaWAN smart-device networks are susceptible to hacking. A digital communication network subject to a hack attack? Who would’ve thought? Be that as it may, the researchers point out that a million or more devices in smart cities, industrial IoT apps, and smart homes are vulnerable for any number of nasty hacker activities including covering up attacks against infrastructure.
The Guardian – Technology is changing our lives for the better; yet it’s also exposing us to organized crime, online scammers and hackers – and whole industries built around monetizing our personal data. But you don’t have to be resigned to cyber-victimhood. Give yourself, and your devices, a security update for 2020 and start fighting back.