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IoT World Today – Several trade press articles suggest blockchain security can protect IoT deployments from cyberthreats. Not all cybersecurity professionals, however, are convinced.

Smart Cities World – In March this year, the City of Atlanta suffered a large-scale SamSam ransomware cyberattack which impacted around 119 applications to various degrees, putting many of them temporarily offline. These included some internal systems and customer-facing ones. In some cases, citizens were unable to pay bills or access court information, and staff had to resort to manual processes.

Security Boulevard – “You can pay (a little) now or you can pay (a lot) later” is a very old line—a pitch for oil filters almost 40 years ago. Unfortunately, it remains relevant in cyber security, especially when it comes to ransomware. And especially when that ransomware is the potent, pernicious SamSam. The “trade-off” is stark: You can pay a moderate amount up front to build rigorous security into your software and systems. Or you can risk spending vastly more—perhaps hundreds of times more—in damages from a catastrophic cyber attack.

Cisco – Cisco’s Marc Blackmer takes us through some of the highlights and his observations from the Black Hat and DEF CON conferences, including some strides made on higher numbers for women in cyber.

Threatpost – An unpatched buffer overflow flaw allows remote attackers to completely take over the device and enter the home network. A vulnerability in a popular Wi-Fi–connected electric outlet for smart homes would allow a remote attacker to take over smart TVs and other devices, as well as execute code – potentially exposing tens of thousands of consumers to cryptomining, ransomware, information disclosure, botnet enslavement and more.