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A Right to Repair the Internet of Things? Spear Phishing Detection and Nonstop Attacks on DVRs

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Feed Name: Security Ledger

Threat Score
50/100

Date Published: 2017-09-04

Date Updated: 2026-04-26

Author: Paul Roberts

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The Security Ledger podcast episode covers several security topics: state right-to-repair legislation, a spear-phishing fraud that resulted in McEwan University losing $11.8M, Facebook’s prize-winning research on spear-phishing detection, and SANS Internet Storm Center research measuring Mirai-style attacks against DVRs — highlighting the risk posed by loosely protected IoT devices.

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