More than half of businesses have faced IoT-related attacks, yet only a third consider IoT cyber security very important Attempted IoT attacks are up 9 percent, according to a report by Trustwave. Only 49 percent of businesses surveyed said they have formal patching policies and procedures in place that would help prevent attacks. Researchers have warned since 2008, when the high-profile Hydra malware first targeted routers, that IoT poses a growing security risk. The Mirai botnet harnessed 360,000 vulnerable IoT devices to launch an unprecedented DDoS attack in 2016.
Source: https://threatpost.com/iot-security-disconnect-as-attacks-spike-device-patching-still-lags/130266/