Turning DVRs into botnets that bring down the web is one thing. The consumer product connected to the internet and a consumer’s credit card that starts randomly filling orders on someone’s else’s shopping list (the fraudster’s) is a fraud of a different color. The October edition of The Internet of Things Tracker™ features an interview with Randy Vanderhoof of Smart Card Alliance about how retailers and the payments ecosystem are working together to protect customer data wherever it lives. That, and a directory ranking 74 providers from around the IoT space, awaits.