A hundred million IoT devices are open to hacking. It turns out there is a whole slew of flaws in four different basic TCP/IP implementations. Since many IoT devices don’t have auto-update capabililty, and many don’t have updatable firmware at all, all of these devices are simply waiting to be subverted by hackers.
In order news, a startup has produced an autonomous robot that drives around the farmer’s field all by itself, zapping what it considers weeds with lasers. What could possibly go wrong?
If you are deploying any IoT technology, consider carefully how the devices will be updated with new software. Parts of the IoT industry have a sell-and-forget mindset, and that will embed ticking timebombs in your infrastructure.