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Measuring the Security of IoT Devices

Schneier on Security

In August, CyberITL completed a large-scale survey of software security practices in the IoT environment, by looking at the compiled software. Data Collected: 22 Vendors 1,294 Products 4,956 Firmware versions 3,333,411 Binaries analyzed Date range of data: 2003-03-24 to 2019-01-24 (varies by vendor, most up to 2018 releases). [.].

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 283

Security Affairs

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Wireless Security: WEP, WPA, WPA2 and WPA3 Explained

eSecurity Planet

WPA3 is the newest protocol and offers better security features such as stronger encryption, protection against dictionary attacks, and easier setting of IoT devices, but has yet to become widely used. Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) is an improvement of WEP introduced in 2003. How Does Wireless Security Work?

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Hurrah – It’s (patch) Tuesday!

IT Security Guru

It started in 2003, with both security and feature updates on the second, and sometimes further feature updates on the fourth, Tuesday of each month at a time when the software giant would bundle up and issue several patches to fix bugs and security vulnerabilities for its operating systems and applications.

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Top Cybersecurity Accounts to Follow on Twitter

eSecurity Planet

Fifteen years after the launch of the microblogging social media platform, Twitter remains a dominant public forum for instant communication with individuals and organizations worldwide on a universe of topics, including #cybersecurity. Top Cybersecurity Experts to Follow on Twitter. Binni Shah | @binitamshah. Eva Galperi n | @evacide.

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Cyber Defense Magazine: Exclusive Interview with Robert Herjavec

Herjavec Group

In 2003, he knew that firewalls were too complex for all IT staff and for understaffed companies to manage. Fast forward almost 20 years and we’re in a world of 3200 cybersecurity vendors and hundreds of MSSPs. Just about everything smart in the IoT ecosphere is also remotely manageable and exploitable.

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Why ForAllSecure Is On MIT Technology Review's 2017 List Of Smartest Companies

ForAllSecure

” The Case for Autonomous Cybersecurity and The Story of ForAllSecure. In the rest of this post, I will discuss the problems ForAllSecure seeks to solve with its autonomous cybersecurity technology, a short history of its technology development and overview of its go-to-market strategy.