The idea of security by obscurity has been comprehensively demolished over the years, which makes it even more troubling that IoT devices continue to be manufactured with basic vulnerabilities that make them susceptible to commensurately basic attacks.
It’s not surprising that IoT is among the most popular topics of conversation among groups of hackers, according to a report released earlier this month by Trend Micro, who monitored Russian, English, Portuguese, Arabic and Spanish-language forums for discussion of IoT-related cybercrime.
