The current threat landscape

With the prevalence of always-on connectivity and advancements in technology that are available today, threats are evolving rapidly to exploit different aspects of these technologies. Any device is vulnerable to attack, and with the Internet of Things (IoT) this became a reality. In October 2016, a series of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks were used against a DNS provider used by GitHub, PayPal, etc., which caused those major web services to stop working. Attacks leveraging IoT devices are growing exponentially.

According to SonicWall, 32.7 million IoT attacks were detected during the year 2018. One of these attacks was the VPNFilter malware.

This malware was leveraged during an IoT-related attack to infect routers and capture and exfiltrate data.

This was possible due to the amount of insecure IoT devices around the world. While the use of IoT to launch a massive cyber-attack is something new, the vulnerabilities in those devices...