Sentence examples for vulnerable devices from inspiring English sources

Sims said the hackers behind the Dyn attack presumably scanned the internet for vulnerable devices, and called on manufacturers to pay more attention to security at the design stage.

Furthermore, such mechanical systems are vulnerable devices under warm and humid atmospheric conditions.

"Last I ran this there was something like 350 vulnerable devices that were available," the author wrote at the time.

Fixes are already available and the company has a list of vulnerable devices noted in its support advisory.

Together, Akamai calls the new attack "EternalSilence," drastically expanding the spread of the proxy network to many more vulnerable devices.

The worm runs on an infected system and once it has taken control uses that system's resources to scan net addresses seeking out other vulnerable devices.

Here's the exploit in a nutshell: a simple line of HTML (which we won't be reproducing for obvious reasons) goads a vulnerable device into dialing a specific USSD code that triggers a full wipe/reset.

"The practical security analysis of every device assessed showed that the solutions are designed for easy setup and usage but lack configuration possibilities for security and perform a vulnerable device pairing procedure that allows external parties to sniff the exchanged network key," the researchers write.

Moreover, DDoS attacks aren't the only problem with vulnerable IoT devices: these devices can also be a pathway for hackers to get behind a company's firewall.

Bunz agreed that the general public does not understand how vulnerable connected devices are.

More vulnerable electronic devices are also more prone to external influence from energizing radiation.