The world’s first proven Internet of Things (IoT)-based cyberattack has been recorded, involving conventional household “smart” appliances. The global attack campaign involved more than 750,000 malicious email communications coming from over 100,000 everyday consumer gadgets such as home-networking routers, connected multi-media centers, televisions and at least one refrigerator.
Deloitte predicts smartglasses, fitness bands and watches, should sell about 10 million units in 2014, generating about US $3 billion. This forecast forms part of the Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT) predictions 2014 report.
Known for making the thermostat “intelligent”, Nest Labs was today acquired by Google Inc. for US $3.2 billion in an all cash deal.
Audi, the City of San Carlos, BrickHouse Security and Joy Global are some of the well-known brands and companies which find themselves on just-released Connected World Awards. The latter is to mark the latest innovations in the Internet of Things (IoT).