As Samsung and Swann IoT apps breached, when will we confront our security flaws?

On Thursday, security flaws were revealed within the firmware of Samsung‘s SmartThings Hub. Cisco Talos issued a blog on multiple vulnerabilities. As Jeremy Cowan reports, this is not the only IoT security flaw exposed recently. No surprise then, that enterprises are getting twitchy about the security of their future IIoT services. Talos finds Samsung Smart Things vulnerability. Cisco Talos has been working with Samsung to ensure that these issues have been resolved and that a firmware update has been made available for affected customers. The hub is a central controller that allows smartphone-equipped users to monitor and manage various Internet of Things (IoT)-enabled household electronics. These include: light bulbs; heating, ventilation & air-conditioning (HVAC) systems; door locks, and so on. These vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to execute operating system (OS) commands or other arbitrary code on affected devices.