IoT Village Announces 2016 Device List For Annual Hacker Contest at DEF CON

BALTIMORE, June 16, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Independent Security Evaluators ("ISE"), the elite group of security consultants and researchers who organize IoT Village, which runs at several security conferences including DEF CON 24, today announced this year's list of devices to be included in the hacking contest, which occurs August 4-7 2016 in Las Vegas.

"Security vulnerabilities are an industry issue, that plagues both major enterprises and startups in this exciting space," explains Ted Harrington, Executive Partner of ISE and one of the event organizers.

The list includes devices from Apple, Amazon, Google, Samsung, Whirlpool, LG, Motorola, Brita, ASUS, August, Blossom, Withings, Mimo, Blipcare, ZyXel, iSpy, Wink, & Parrot.  Devices cover a broad spectrum, from medical devices to drones to wearables to smart home tech.  In a related development, a handful of manufacturers have volunteered to donate products, including brands such as FitBit and Canary. 

"We encourage others to follow the initiative taken by these companies," explains Steve Bono, founder of ISE and one of the event organizers, "By being proactive with their donation, these great brands will hopefully keep one step ahead of the hackers who target their connected devices."  The most up-to-date device list can be found at the official event website.

In a parallel announcement, ISE also unveiled a much-anticipated, first of its kind, security training course focused on IoT, titled Hacking the Internet of Things. "One thing that IoT Village has strongly demonstrated is that even though security vulnerabilities run rampant in connected devices, many people want to solve this problem but often don't know where to begin." says Paul Dant, Chief Strategist from ISE and one of the workshop instructors. "This training program addresses that specific need."  Hacking the Internet of Things debuts in Boston on Friday July 22, 2016.  ISE is offering promotional pricing for a limited number of early registrations, which can be obtained through this special registration link.

About IoT Village
IoT Village is a traveling security event focused on highlighting and resolving security flaws in the connected devices that comprise the Internet of Things ("IoT"). It is composed of talks, workshops, live hacking demos, and an onsite hacking contest.  In it's 2015 debut, IoT Village served as a platform to publish 66 previously unknown critical security vulnerabilities across 27 different devices types and 18 different manufacturers.  "IoT Village proved that security flaws are pervasive across connected devices in the current market," notes Steve Bono, ISE founder and one of the IoT Village organizers. The next installment will run at esteemed security conference DEF CON in Las Vegas from August 4-7, 2016.

About ISE 
Founded in 2005 out of the PhD program at the Johns Hopkins' Information Security Institute, ISE is a security consulting firm comprised of hackers, computer scientists, reverse engineers, and cryptographers who help companies defend against sophisticated adversaries through manual, white box security assessments.  ISE is widely recognized as being the first company to hack the iPhone.

SOURCE Independent Security Evaluators

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