Schneier on Security

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Hardware chips can be back-doored at the point of fabrication , even if the design is secure. Policy solutions involve forcing companies to open their technical details to inspection, including the source code of their products and the designs of their hardware. This is not a worthless gesture, and it helps, but it's not nearly enough.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 30, 2021

The module has full access to all the firmware, hardware, software, and operating system installed on the server. . “Naturally, the cost of performing such an attack puts it in the category of APTs.” ” continues the report.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 20, 2022

The book focuses on the various aspects of hardware security that are often overlooked in today’s society, both by consumers as well as businesses. We also share in detail the right ways to dispose of electronics to be both environmentally friendly and also sensitive to the prevention hardware data breaches.

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Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 8, 2022

In what can be considered another step towards a password-less future , Security Keys for Apple ID will give users the choice to use third-party hardware security keys. For users who opt in, Security Keys strengthen Apple’s two-factor authentication by requiring a hardware security key as one of the two factors.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

The business equivalent of the toaster probe might well be two categories of automated attacks: Distributed Denial of Service ( DDoS ) attacks and SQL injection ( SQLi ) hacks. Yet both categories of attacks continue to turn up, hour-to-hour, on a daily basis, Sundberg says.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 12, 2024

For readers focused on the privacy issues of connected cars, we can recommend the Mozilla report It’s Official: Cars Are the Worst Product Category We Have Ever Reviewed for Privacy. If the suspected stalker has been near your vehicle, inspect it thoroughly for trackers and other unfamiliar hardware.

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Security Affairs

JULY 3, 2023

Whether it’s due to accidental deletion, hardware failure, cyber-attacks, or natural disasters, the loss of valuable data can have devastating impacts on an organization. Semi-Structured Data: Semi-structured data lies between the structured and unstructured categories. It contains elements of both organized and unorganized data.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 11, 2022

PACMAN is a novel hardware attack technique that can allow attackers to bypass Pointer Authentication (PAC) on the Apple M1 CPU. Anyway, the bad news is that the hardware mechanisms used by PACMAN cannot be patched with software updates. Please vote for Security Affairs and Pierluigi Paganini in every category that includes them (e.g.

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SC Magazine

MARCH 9, 2021

Today’s columnist, Kathleen Trimble-Noble of Intel, offers insights into what makes for a good hardware-based bug bounty program. There are several main categories of security vulnerabilities and associated CVD programs. The post How hardware CVD supports a trusted foundation for computing appeared first on SC Media.

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NopSec

OCTOBER 11, 2022

or possibly a hardware device), the impacted component could be a software application, a hardware device, or a network resource. MITRE CAPEC Catalog MITRE CAPEC is a comprehensive dictionary of known attack patterns adversaries exploit weaknesses in software applications, hardware appliances, and IoT devices.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 11, 2022

The DoS attack would appear to originate from a Palo Alto Networks PA-Series (hardware), VM-Series (virtual) and CN-Series (container) firewall against a target chosen by the attackers.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 15, 2022

Authentication can be set up via one of four categories: Something you are: Biometrics, such as facial recognition, thumbprint, voiceprint, etc. Biometrics continue to increase in adoption, but many web applications and hardware devices do not support biometrics. MFA Basics. and an app tied to a device such as Google Authenticator.

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Security Affairs

MAY 27, 2022

“Finally, we discuss potential hardware and software countermeasures to mitigate the attack.” Please vote for Security Affairs and Pierluigi Paganini in every category that includes them (e.g. ” reads the research paper published by the academics. To nominate, please visit:?.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 10, 2022

A new category was created — Machine Identity Management. We invented the technology and created the category Gartner now calls machine identity management. The four categories of measurable value that is created by customers that implement machine identity management are: Eliminate outages due to expiring or malfunctioning identities.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 3, 2020

. “The program underscores HP’s commitment to delivering defense-in-depth across all aspects of printing—including supply chain, cartridge chip, cartridge packaging, firmware and printer hardware.” The company is going to pay $10,000 for each vulnerability in original HP cartridges, it invested roughly $200,000 in this program.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 11, 2024

Its founding team comprises leading AI researchers and security veterans who have created security products in broad use across enterprises today, and have 150+ patents across large language models, cloud computing, encryption, scalable architecture, transistors, and hardware design.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Category Vulnerabilities Risk Level. Apple released a critical security update for iOS and iPadOs today on the eve of their major fall hardware release to patch multiple zero-day vulnerabilities. If you read no further, update your iPhone and/or iPad NOW! “A A zero what now?”

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SecureList

MAY 6, 2024

Distribution of financial phishing pages by category, 2023 ( download ) Online shopping scams Online stores were the most targeted category, comprising more than 40% (41.65%) of all financial phishing pages. Among the most notable schemes was a phishing campaign that targeted hardware crypto cold wallets.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Infineon’s XENSIV PAS CO2 sensor was selected as a CES 2022 Innovation Award Honoree in the “Smart Cities” category. The company’s Semper Secure Flash Memory was also selected as an Innovation Award Honoree in the “Cybersecurity and Personal Privacy” category. Infineon at CES 2022.

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IoT Authentication Technology Mobile 52

Spinone

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Vulnerability Types Vulnerabilities fall into several categories: By location: On-premise network or Cloud Software (OS, apps) or Hardware Defense system or Basic infrastructure By nature: Procedural vulnerabilities. Shadow IT is any software or hardware that employees use without the approval of an IT department.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 12, 2018

— had allegedly inserted hardware backdoors in technology sold to a number of American companies. The event Sager and I spoke at was prior to the publication of Bloomberg Businessweek ‘s controversial story alleging that Supermicro had duped almost 30 companies into buying backdoored hardware.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Cyclops Blink has primarily been deployed to networking hardware company WatchGuard’s devices. Cyberattacks, such as DDoS attacks, fall under the traditional categories of sabotage, espionage and subversion. Among the latest attacks on Ukraine was a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Category Awareness, Cybersecurity Fundamentals, Guides, Privacy Risk Level In the musical words of Rockwell, ? “I Hackers can get unauthorized access through various tactics - often taking advantage of software, operating systems, hardware vulnerabilities, or tricking users into downloading malicious files, like Remote Access Trojans (RATs).

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 23, 2022

The DoS attack would appear to originate from a Palo Alto Networks PA-Series (hardware), VM-Series (virtual) and CN-Series (container) firewall against a target chosen by the attackers.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 19, 2022

Vulnerability scans are valuable for assessing which software is unsupported, in an end-of-life state, or another category which means continuous updating may be difficult. Off the shelf hardware using default setups are a no go for business. Consider physical hardware tokens for those with access to business critical services.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

JANUARY 17, 2023

Category Awareness, Guides. A publicly available network may not always have the latest firmware, patch updates on its hardware, or have proper encryption enabled; therefore, if you connect to the network you may be exposing yourself to potential risks. Risk Level. When it comes to Public Wi-Fi, it is “better to be safe than sorry.”

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Approachable Cyber Threats

JULY 19, 2022

Category Awareness, Cybersecurity Fundamentals, Physical Security. Gaining access to an office building or a floor in a building usually grants access to IT hardware and computers, paper records, and other sources or storage locations for data the company may deem sensitive or important. Risk Level. So what is RFID?

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Approachable Cyber Threats

JANUARY 24, 2022

Category Cybersecurity Fundamentals Risk Level. Option 4: Hardware Authentication Hardware Authentication is one of the oldest forms of 2FA / MFA, but also, one of the most secure. Hardware Authentication is provided by a standalone hardware device such as a USB key or SmartCard. Let’s dive in!

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Centraleyes

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Some of the most important controls to consider will fall into these 4 categories: Technical Controls : This covers both hardware and software that is used to protect systems, networks and organizations. Patches” are mitigations released by the creators of the various software and hardware to fix various bugs discovered.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

In an effort to rally behind Ukraine, allies offered support to defend Ukraine's digital estate by helping build capacity and providing needed hardware and equipment. is leading or at least in the top five in every category, as follows: Financial – 5th behind DPRK (North Korea), China, Vietnam, and Iran (in that order). and Australia.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 15, 2021

The marketplace includes over 70 fingerprints divided into 6 categories ranging from mobile devices, tablets to Smart TVs and gaming consoles including Sony Playstation, Xbox and Nintendo. MASQ provides a broad collection of authentic device fingerprints provided via integrated marketplace.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 12, 2022

“Analysis begins at the lowest level of hardware. Please vote for Security Affairs and Pierluigi Paganini in every category that includes them (e.g. The vulnerabilities were disclosed during the Hardwear.io The experts focused on Carrier’s LenelS2 access control panels, manufactured by HID Mercury.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 12, 2021

A more advanced classification splits the threats into four categories by type of actors involved. Staff members downloading malware , providing their sign-in info to strangers on the first request without verifying their legitimacy are typical scenarios in this category. This classification is very general and straightforward.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 2, 2022

Researchers from firmware and hardware security firm Eclypsium discovered that the Conti ransomware gang was working on attacks targeting both UEFI/BIOS and the Intel Management Engine (ME) or Intel Converged Security Management Engine (CSME). .

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 5, 2019

My primer on the going forward privacy and security implications of IoT — What Everyone Should Know About the Promise and Pitfalls of the Internet of Things — won second place in the contest’s IoT Security category.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

When I spoke with a CIO of a hardware retail company, let’s call him Mr. Hardware, I discovered he was unhappy with his current MDR provider who claimed to respond to threats on their behalf, but fell short of this when they conducted a penetration test. There sometimes can be a very apparent outcome the CIO is after.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 17, 2023

By Aaron Sandeen, CEO and co-founder at Securin In 2023, you can divide organizations into two categories: those who have been hit by a ransomware attack and those who will be soon. Ransomware is ubiquitous, inescapable, and—despite widespread efforts to combat it—ever-escalating.

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