IoT: Secure and safe? Symantec reported that due to weak security, consumer IoT devices are used to perpetrate DDoS attacks, similar to the 600Gbps attack on KrebsOnSecurity. What does this mean for the future of IoT security?

Telecoms reform: Argentina’s telecoms market could attract USD20 billion of investment over four years due to recent reforms, the country’s communications minister said. Meanwhile, China Mobile is facing state reorganisation as part of a wider 5-year-plan to create innovative and globally competitive enterprises, according to Beijing media.

Cybersecurity: Up to 500 million Yahoo user accounts were compromised in late 2014, the company recently said. Will this impact Verizon’s imminent USD4.8 billion takeover? Meanwhile, hundreds of thousands of Cisco devices have been affected by a cybersecurity vulnerability that could allow hackers to access to data in the device’s memory.

Connectivity: Fall behind despite boom? The number of mobile internet users in Latin America is set to grow 50% by end 2020 says a new GSMA study, but the region is poised to fall behind industrial IoT adoption according to Cisco. [The State of Broadband 2016 report is available here.]

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