“Evolution of IoT Attacks” Study Exposes the Arms Race Between Cybercriminals and Cybersecurity
The number of devices connected to the internet is expected to reach 50 billion worldwide by the end of 2030, posing dangerous risks to people, businesses and critical systems. To illustrate the divide between cyberattacks on these devices and business preparedness, Sectigo, a provider of automated digital identity management and web security solutions, released its Evolution of IoT Attacks study, which chronicle the progression, variety, and growing sophistication of many of the most infamous vulnerabilities and attacks on connected devices, as well as the emerging defenses used by organizations to fight them.
Sectigo has categorized IoT attacks into three eras: