Old and forgotten IoT devices in industrial use
Security traps: old and forgotten IoT devices in industrial use. Seven year old vulnerabilities are still current and not patched. A comment from security expert Thomas Uhlemann, ESET. The Internet of Things (IoT) has long since established itself in German industry. According to a survey by Statista, two thirds of all companies surveyed are already using Industry 4.0 applications. But the operators don't seem to take the IT security of the devices so seriously: there is no other way security expert Thomas Uhlemann can explain the fact that hackers are successful in exploiting security gaps that have been around for seven years ...