The cyberattacks on Tesla and Jeep Cherokee embedded devices have made clear the security risks associated with the Internet of Things, not only of having systems commandeered but “bricked” — made useless as the malware strain BrickerBot does in a permanent denial-of-service attack. Better updating of software would certainly help mitigate against such attacks, though updating remote devices can be tricky, due to bandwidth and processing restraints.

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