Mocana IoT Security Blog

Months after the Mirai Virus and WannaCry cyber attacks, another series of massive ransomware attacks shook companies across the globe, including a state power company in Ukraine. The impact of the NotPetya virus was devastating, locking down multinational corporations and disrupting critical services to healthcare patients. Earlier this month, it was reported that hackers are targeting US nuclear facilities.

Last year saw one of the most massive series of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks in Internet history. The attacks targeted Dyn, a major provider of Domain Name System (DNS), whose clients include internet giants such as Twitter, Reddit, Pinterest, GitHub, Paypal, Spotify, and the PlayStation Network, among many others.

Securing IoT machines is more complex and challenging than securing other physical devices. We need to embrace a new approach to security that goes beyond protecting the ingress and egress points of IoT networks.

Smart home devices promise convenience, ubiquity, round-the-clock connectivity and control. But for consumers, security, privacy and reliability matter the most.

We are excited to share with you that we have released the Mocana IoT Security Platform, a new, version (GA0217) of our security software solution for embedded systems and the Internet of Things (IoT). This is a major update release that builds upon the cybersecurity technology that the company has developed over the past 15 years that secures embedded systems and IoT devices.

According to Accenture Consulting, 76 percent of manufacturers expect to launch Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) applications and begin using smart devices by the end of 2017. While we have clearly reached an inflection point in terms of the acceptance of the IIoT, we’re still at the beginning stages of its growth and evolution. The questions that many are asking include: What will the future of the IIoT look like? What are some of the key drivers of the potential for a widescale digital transformation of industrial automation? How will we secure billions of IIoT devices and ensure safety of mission-critical infrastructure?

November is a busy month for the IoT World, and there are many events happening! 

It’s like I brought the rain back with me from Chicago! Anyways…

Mocana will be present in a huge way at 2016 ManuSec USA: Cyber Security for Critical Manufacturing. Mocana’s very own CTO, Dean Weber, will be speaking on embedding security onto all of your connected devices and how Mocana is spearheading great security technology to pave the way into a more secure world!

DefCon 24 kicked off right after BlackHat and Mocana sent two of our very own engineers to learn everything they could about hacking everything they can.