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February 2019 - Edition 41
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HESpTnsd75I
(Video 4. The DOJ. has linked the 2014 cyberattack on Yahoo accounts to two officers in
the Russia's Federal Security Service -- and two criminal hackers. Courtesy of NBC News)
alone external IoT devices.
endpoints and update rele-
vant firmware
firmware. .
• The
•
The amount of endpoint se-
curity threats to IoT devices 4. State-Sponsored Attacks
increased by 300% during
• Cybercrime
Cybercrime is a major threat
2019, and 2020 should see a •
greater increase in IoT pen- not just for the private sector
but also for governments
etration..
etration
and the nation as a whole.
• To
•
To protect the network from
connected IoT,
IoT , companies •
• State-sponsored
State-sponsored attacks by
need to constantly protect cybercriminals usually tar-
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