Lights which know when you are awake, doors which can sense if it is a stranger, and a houseful of such 'connected devices' controlled by a single app, and you know there is a likelihood of a digital apocalypse in the near future if we don't have set laws.
Lights which know when you are awake, doors which can sense if it is a stranger, and a houseful of such 'connected devices' controlled by a single app, and you know there is a likelihood of a digital apocalypse in the near future if we don't have set laws.
To avoid a future catastrophe, California Governor Jerry Brown has signed a cybersecurity law covering smart devices, making the state a first with such a law, The Verge reported.
The law will be implemented starting January 1, 2020, and will mandate manufacturers of internet-connected smart devices to equip the gadgets with reasonable security features to prevent trespassing or information disclosure. The devices either need to come with a unique password for each device or force users to set one the first time they connect.
Errors and small clues left behind by hackers and other types of cyber attackers can reveal a lot about a cyber espionage attack in terms of attribution and providing valuable intelligence on the people behind it, says a Kaspersky Lab senior researcher who is based in Australia.
In an interview given to on the sidelines of the recently organised the third annual APAC Cyber Security Weekend, which was held on the theme "Cyberespionage in APAC: A Real Threat, recently in Phuket, Thailand, Kaspersky's Senior Security Researcher Noushin Shabab said,"Cyber security researchers examine cyber espionage campaigns by chasing trails of clues and careless mistakes. Once we have all the necessary pieces of the puzzle, we share evidences with fellow experts to be able to know the spies behind an attack, their main objectives and techniques.
Shabab further said, "All the historic information gathered through investigating targeted attacks, helps us discover the truths and the myths of cyber espionage in the Asia Pacific region."
With inputs from ANI
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