Kaspersky research showed that Internet of Things devices are more vulnerable than ever with attacks increasing by more than 100%.
Internet of Things (IoT) devices are more vulnerable to cyberattacks than they ever have been before, according to research by Kaspersky.
Data showed that more than 1.5 billion attacks have occurred against IoT devices in the first six months of 2021.
Telemetry data from Kaspersky showed that IoT device cyberattacks have increased by more than 100%.
The total number of infection attempts reached 1.51bn – which has more than doubled from the 639m registered in the first six months of 2020.
Commenting on the data, Kaspersky Security Expert Dan Demeter said that cyber criminals have switched attention as we use more devices: "We see that once users' interest in smart devices rose, attacks also intensified.
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