The Edge of IoT Security: Threat Demos From Black Hat and DEF CON
As the annual security week in Las Vegas drew to a close, cybersecurity professionals left Black Hat 2018 and DEF CON 26 armed with knowledge, renewed energy and no shortage of exposure to emerging Internet of Things (IoT) security flaws. Perhaps fittingly, Black Hat event founder Jeff Moss helped kick off the conference by acknowledging threats faced by the security industry and citing a sense that they were in the “final exams stage.”
“As things get more and more interconnected, we have to get more ambitious, more strategic and more collaborative,” said Google’s head of engineering, Parisa Tabriz, in her opening keynote at Black Hat. “But, if there’s anything I’m certain of, it’s this: Blockchain is not going to solve all our security problems.”