World IoT Day: IoT Security Honeypot

The concept of a network of smart devices was discussed as early as 1982, The term "Internet of things" was likely coined by Kevin Ashton of Procter & Gamble, later MIT's Auto-ID Center, in 1999. Now it’s a reality with massive updates. Some of us are using IoT in our lives, but what about the security issues!

Subex has extracted the state of IoT Security in Q1 2019 from their IoT Security Honeypot on World IoT Day. This infographic captures how the interest in critical infrastructure is increasing among hackers. Further, it has been observed that smart cities have gathered the biggest chunk of attacks on IoT deployments. India is one of the top countries targeted for cyber-attacks, and China is one of the top countries of origin on cyber-attacks.