September 17, 2015

IoT Can Open Doors to Cybercriminals, FBI Warns

Security hasn’t been a priority of IoT device makers.

“Early implementation of IoT was done very poorly,” said Jean-Philippe Taggart, a senior security researcher at Malwarebytes.

“The manufacturers are trying to keep the costs down, and that’s often detrimental to the security of the devices,” he told TechNewsWorld.

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