5 IoT Vulnerabilities That Stop Projects and How to Avoid Them

This report highlights systemic IoT security risks: end-of-life AVTECH cameras vulnerable to CVE-2024-7029 and actively targeted by Mirai/Corona botnets, the catastrophic impact of unprotected VPN credentials demonstrated by the Colonial Pipeline ransomware case, and pervasive operational weaknesses (default credentials, poor segmentation, and failure to patch firmware); it recommends decommissioning or isolating legacy devices, enforcing MFA and credential management, implementing proper network segmentation and OT visibility, and building robust firmware/OTA update processes.