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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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Extreme Networks ExtremeControl: NAC Product Review

eSecurity Planet

Users, guests and internet-of-things (IoT) devices can be located, on-boarded, authenticated, and evaluated for compliance. The ExtremeControl Assessment Agent requires minimum hardware capabilities for Windows and macOS: WIndows Versions: Vista, XP, 2008, 2003, 7, 8, 8.1,

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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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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. Just about everything smart in the IoT ecosphere is also remotely manageable and exploitable. When it comes to managed security service providers (MSSPs), it’s obvious our global visionary is Robert Herjavec.

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

ForAllSecure

The real life version in 2003 wreaked nearly a billion dollars in damage as it attacked over 75K servers before humans were able to update their systems. For example, in the DARPA CGC, Mayhem found the SQL Slammer vulnerability and patched it in under 6 minutes.