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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.

SecurityWeek – Study Aims to Show Links Between U.S. Voting Infrastructure and Nations With a Proven Aptitude and Desire to Target Elections. The supply chain is an increasing concern for both business and government. It comprises the chain of suppliers providing components to product vendors — and globalization has made it worldwide, deep and complex. “Some of the software and hardware components are developed in eastern Europe. We need to look at supply chain integrity, end to end,” said Matt Rahman, COO.