Bad news! Then there is "The rise of AI-driven automation tools"!
"... The latest research shows a sudden change in security threats last year, with Internet of Things attacks up by a massive 124% in 2024. ... Cybersecurity company SonicWall's comprehensive 2025 Annual Cyber Threat Report ...
SonicWall reports in 2024 it stopped more than 17 million attacks on IP cameras, a massive increase from the previous year. ...
As we've reported before, smart home hacking attempts are incredibly rare ...
The sharp increase in attacks last year came from several factors:
- Government installations and related areas tend to have older security cameras and devices that are more open to attack
- The global 2024 elections saw a greater interest in hacking government facilities and even polling locations
- New, powerful IoT vulnerabilities were leveraged, such as the Hikvision IP Camera Command Injection vulnerability, which allows hackers to take control of vulnerable cams remotely
- The continued growth of the "Reaper" Botnet, which recruits unprotected smart devices for large-scale cyberattacks, often as part of espionage
- Shared vulnerabilities among similar IoT devices, especially those running OSS (open-source software)
- Cybercriminals using AI tools to find and exploit more vulnerabilities than ever before
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