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The Essential Guide to Radio Frequency Penetration Testing

Pen Test

In contemporary times, with the exponential growth of the Internet of Things (IoT), smart homes, connected cars, and wearable devices, the importance of RF pentesting has soared significantly. GHz and 5 GHz bands, providing high-speed wireless internet connectivity (Kurkovsky, 2006). IEEE Access, 6, 12725-12738.

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MY TAKE: DigiCert and Oracle partner to extend digital trust and scalable infrastructure globally

The Last Watchdog

This was all part of the Lehi, Utah-based vendor’s efforts to support enterprise cloud migration and the rise of IoT systems, which were both gaining steam. Amazon had introduced Amazon Web Services in 2006 and Microsoft Azure became commercially available in 2010. Back in Silicon Valley, Oracle was playing catchup.

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Top IoT Security Solutions of 2021

eSecurity Planet

IoT security is where endpoint detection and response ( EDR ) and enterprise mobility management ( EMM ) meet the challenges of a rapidly expanding edge computing infrastructure. As the enterprise attack surface grows, IoT is yet another attack vector organizations aren’t fully prepared to defend.

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Critical zero-days discovered in VxWorks RTOS, billions of devices at risk

Security Affairs

It is quite easy to find Wind River VxWorks in IoT devices, including webcam, network appliances, VOIP phones, and printers. Even a device that is reaching outbound to the internet could be attacked and taken over. In this scenario, an attacker inside a network can compromise connected IoT devices powered with VxWorks.

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Topic-specific policy 7/11: backup

Notice Bored

Data on smartphones, laptops and all those IoT things proliferating like swarms of cockroaches in a horror movie. And then there's the question of ensuring the availability of important information services, such as the Internet, as a whole. A Web-based business without Internet access is like hardware without software.

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US Government Accountability Office Releases New Report On The Internet of Things (IoT)

Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

On May 15, 2017, the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a new report entitled “ Internet of Things: Status and implications of an increasingly connected world.” Technological Advancements Leading To IoT Surge. One sensor called an accelerometer cost an average of $2 in 2006. Ubiquitous connectivity.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking High-Tech Cars

ForAllSecure

He uses Internet provided software gangs often search for and steal a particular high end make and model of car. One afternoon in the spring of 2006. They're using it for media systems multimedia take data from the internet, like Spotify or things like that, and display and display information even newer.

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