John Matherly, an American bioinformatician, created Shodan, a site that claims to be the first search engine for the Internet of Things. In 2013, Matherly warned that approximately 500 million devices had passwords set to “1234” and “admin”. This poses a security threat, as it…
Industry 4.0 applications in food and beverage provide answers to an interconnected environment that supports flexible and efficient production, value chains, and improved ways to protect the environment. The integration of smart systems and data analytics in the food and beverage industry allows actors to…
Ransomware actors target food and agriculture organizations to try and disrupt business. Luckily, there are several IoT security solutions that can help boost their defenses. For example, a ransomware attack took down the systems of a dairy. The attack came from the digital realm, disrupting…