A Spanish company called Opscura said this week that it had raised $9.4 million to defend industrial IoT devices that sit deep within the operational technology network. The startup also announced a name change from Enigmedia, and laid out plans to … [Read more...]
The U.S. secretly passed a medical cybersecurity law
Surprise! During the end-of-year rush to pass the federal spending bill, a piece of legislation with more than 4,000 pages apportioning out $1.7 trillion of spending, legislators included a section that helps make connected medical devices more … [Read more...]
Podcast: We question Nova Labs’ 5G deal
Nova Labs, the company behind the decentralized Helium IoT network, has acquired FreedomFi, a company trying to build a decentralized 5G network. Kevin and I share our doubts about the value of a decentralized 5G network and question how this might … [Read more...]
Podcast: Too many companies are paying ransomware
This week we kick off the show with an explainer on Sigfox's receivership before delving into grim news from Claroty, a cybersecurity firm. Claroty surveyed 1,100 IT and OT (operational technology) pros and discovered that three out of five of them … [Read more...]
IoT news of the week for Dec. 31, 2021
Editor's note: This missed its scheduled publication date, so I'm publishing Sunday instead of Friday. Apologies. Why IoT ExpressLink was the big news from AWS Re:Invent: This is a story I wanted to write based on conversations with a few IoT … [Read more...]