Government pushes for IoT manufacturers to ditch dodgy password practices
The government has released a draft voluntary code of practice that is intended to help address the parlous state of security among Internet of Things (IoT) devices.
The government has released a draft voluntary code of practice that is intended to help address the parlous state of security among Internet of Things (IoT) devices.
For most of the time since the cyber security firm begun operating them two decades ago, the “vast, vast majority” of traffic intercepted by F-Secure’s global network of honeypot systems has been generated by Windows malware and bots. But recently that has changed, the company’s chief research officer, Mikko Hypponen, today told the Cebit trade show in Sydney.
The Rugby World Cup is underway and many of the game's insiders will be monitoring the growing issue of concussion management.
NBN Co has launched a new ‘Network Extensions’ option that allows operators of ATMs and traffic and environmental infrastructure to use the company’s network to connect their devices.
As of the end of July there were more than 3.2 million Internet of Things devices connected to Telstra’s network according to Gerhard Loots, the telco’s global IoT solutions executive.
The expectations around the value that IoT promises to deliver are high with worldwide IoT spending expected to hit a trillion dollars by 2022.
New Zealand could be getting another LoRaWAN wide area network for IoT following announcement by French LoRaWAN gear maker Kerlink and Indian tech giant Tata of plans to promote and deploy LoRaWAN IoT networks globally.
Adelaide-based Myriota says it is the first Australian company to gain general access to Amazon Web Services’ AWS Ground Station ‘antenna as a service’ offering for satellites.
Infrastructure services company Downer and Microsoft have revealed details of an Azure-based IoT platform delivering predictive maintenance capabilities to Sydney’s train fleet.
Check Point has warned that medical devices used by major healthcare providers could have gaping security holes, with researchers at the security firm revealing they were able to easily hack an ultrasound machine and retrieve and alter records stored on it.
Telstra’s Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) network will underpin a new service for water utilities.
Gartner expects that by 2021, there will be some 25 billion ‘connected things’ in use. With everything from children’s teddy bears to cars to medical implants now being at increasing risk of either infection by malware or a new means to exfiltrate data, it is not a surprise that the analyst firm expects that by 2021, worldwide spending on IoT will reach US$3.12 billion.
Bundaberg in Queensland will be home to a 12-month trial of ‘smart’ water meters.
Telstra will distribute the upcoming Arduino MKR NB 1500 IoT developer board in Australia.
Telstra has confirmed a problem is affecting its machine to machine (M2M) data services.