IOT – Noise

Threat Landscape of the Building and Construction Sector, Part One: Initial Access, Supply Chain, and the Internet of Things

Jeremy Makowski — Fri, 07 Nov 2025 14:00:00 +0000

In 2025, the construction industry stands at the crossroads of digital transformation and evolving cybersecurity risks, making it a prime target for threat actors. Cyber adversaries, including ransomware operators, organized cybercriminal networks, and...

Zabbix at the Netherlands Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management

Michael Kammer — Tue, 17 Jun 2025 08:01:50 +0000

The Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management is the Dutch ministry responsible for transport, aviation, housing policy, public works,…

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Feeding Zabbix MQTT Data with Ivo Schooneman

Michael Kammer — Tue, 11 Feb 2025 11:10:03 +0000

This year’s Zabbix Conference Benelux is rapidly approaching, and to whet our audience’s appetite we sat down for a…

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Out With the Old, In With the New: Securely Disposing of Smart Devices

Deral Heiland — Mon, 06 Jan 2025 14:00:00 +0000

Hopefully you received some cool smart technology, or maybe you just upgraded your smart camera or voice assistant to a newer model or version. If you upgraded to a new model or version, what is your plan for the old device? Is it still working or is it broken?

Lorex 2K Indoor Wi-Fi Security Camera: Multiple Vulnerabilities (FIXED)

Stephen Fewer — Tue, 03 Dec 2024 20:00:00 +0000

The Lorex 2K Indoor Wi-Fi Security Camera is a consumer security device that provides cloud-based video camera surveillance capabilities. This device was a target at the 2024 Pwn2Own IoT competition. As of December 3, 2024, we are disclosing these issues publicly in coordination with the vendor.

Root Access for Data Control: A DEF CON IoT Village Story

Rapid7 — Wed, 16 Oct 2024 18:14:17 +0000

Our perennial IoT hacking presenter, Principal Security Researcher, IoT, Deral Heiland, along with Rapid7 pentest team members, showed attendees many methods of extracting firmware from IoT devices and manipulating the systems in the name of control and operations.

New Research: The Proliferation of Cellular in IoT

Deral Heiland — Tue, 30 Jul 2024 13:00:00 +0000

Analysis of Cellular Based Internet of Things (IoT) Technology is a new whitepaper co-authored by Rapid7 principal security researcher Deral Heiland and Thermo Fisher Scientific lead product security researcher Carlota Bindner.

Monitoring Self-Service Markets with Zabbix and IoT

Aurea Araujo — Tue, 23 Jul 2024 09:00:09 +0000

QU!CK Scan & Go, a startup specializing in self-service markets, required a monitoring system that could allow a comprehensive…

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How PostNL processes billions of IoT events with Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink

Çağrı Çakır — Mon, 15 Jul 2024 16:55:39 +0000

This post is co-written with Çağrı Çakır and Özge Kavalcı from PostNL. PostNL is the designated universal postal service provider for the Netherlands and has three main business units offering postal delivery, parcel delivery, and logistics solutions for ecommerce and cross-border solutions. With 5,800 retail points, 11,000 mailboxes, and over 900 automated parcel lockers, the […]

Helpful tools to get started in IoT Assessments

Tommy Yowell — Tue, 18 Jun 2024 13:00:00 +0000

The Internet of Things (IoT) can be a daunting field to get into. With many different tools and products available on the market it can be confusing to even know where to start.

Free network flow monitoring for all enterprise customers

Chris Draper — Thu, 07 Mar 2024 14:00:43 +0000

Today, we’re excited to announce that a free version of Cloudflare’s network flow monitoring product, Magic Network Monitoring, is now available to all Enterprise Customers

Privacy, Security, and Connected Devices: Key Takeaways From CES 2024

Deral Heiland — Thu, 18 Jan 2024 18:00:00 +0000

The topic of data privacy has become so relevant in our age of smart technology. With everything becoming connected, including our homes, workplaces, cities, and even our cars, those who develop this technology are obligated to identify consumers' expectations for privacy and then find the best ways to meet those

Genie Aladdin Connect Retrofit Garage Door Opener: Multiple Vulnerabilities

Deral Heiland — Wed, 03 Jan 2024 18:58:10 +0000

Rapid7, Inc. (Rapid7) discovered vulnerabilities in Aladdin Connect retrofit kit garage door opener and Android mobile application produced by Genie.

There’s One Last Gift Under the Tree, It’s Hands-On IoT!

Rapid7 — Wed, 27 Dec 2023 16:00:00 +0000

It’s the holiday season and since we’re in a giving mood we thought we’d surprise our loyal readers with a fun, hands-on hardware exercise to enjoy during some well-earned downtime.

Is That Smart Home Technology Secure? Here’s How You Can Find Out.

Deral Heiland — Mon, 30 Oct 2023 14:00:00 +0000

I can’t tell you which solution will work for your specific case, but I can give you some pointers around technology security.

Evolving cyber threats demand new security approaches – The benefits of a unified and global IT/OT SOC

Stuart Gregg — Mon, 30 Oct 2023 13:35:44 +0000

In this blog post, we discuss some of the benefits and considerations organizations should think through when looking at a unified and global information technology and operational technology (IT/OT) security operations center (SOC). Although this post focuses on the IT/OT convergence within the SOC, you can use the concepts and ideas discussed here when thinking […]

What’s Up, Home? – Does your phone battery drain faster in summertime?

Janne Pikkarainen — Sat, 01 Jul 2023 13:00:00 +0000

Can you verify if your phone battery drains faster during summer compared to other seasons with Zabbix? Of course,…

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What’s Up, Home? – 7 things to beware of if you monitor your home

Janne Pikkarainen — Fri, 16 Jun 2023 16:09:15 +0000

When reading this blog, you could easily think that everything is smooth sailing all the time. No. When you…

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What’s Up, Home? – Can ChatGPT help set up monitoring a USB-connected printer with Zabbix?

Janne Pikkarainen — Fri, 09 Jun 2023 11:48:39 +0000

Can you monitor a USB-connected printer with Zabbix? Of course, you can! But can ChatGPT help set up the…

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What’s Up, Home? – Monitor your mobile data usage

Janne Pikkarainen — Fri, 26 May 2023 15:09:22 +0000

Can you monitor your mobile data usage with Zabbix? Of course, you can! By day, I am a Lead…

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