Malwarebytes

MAY 13, 2021

The Alliance tasked marketing company Interbrand with creating a palatable term that they could trademark because “Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) wireless communication standard 802.11 Your computer can communicate with your router through a WiFi signal (or a cable) even if your router isn’t online.

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Jane Frankland

JULY 17, 2023

This includes everything from productivity and cybersecurity to superior computing experiences for employees, who are increasingly collaborating remotely, multitasking, and placing strain on applications competing for computing resources. Cybersecurity Technical debt and cybersecurity risks go hand in hand.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 29, 2018

For this reason, security experts warned in the past of the risks for Intel Management Engine vulnerabilities. In May 2107, security experts discovered a critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2017-5689, in the remote management features implemented on computers shipped with Intel Chipset in past 9 years.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 10, 2021

The problem becomes – how do we make sure we’re securing these “driving data centers” against the risks and threats that lurk on the Internet? There is also less hardware and compute power to work in your typical IoT device when compared to traditional devices, so embedding security becomes a matter of choice, rather than necessity.

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Spinone

MARCH 17, 2018

The Internet of Things (IoT) is a term used to describe the network of interconnected electronic devices with “smart” technology. The Security Risks of IoT Devices Every piece of hardware and software that you use and is connected to the internet has the potential to be accessed by cybercriminals.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

In July, we reported a rootkit that we found in modified Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) firmware, the code that loads and initiates the boot process when the computer is turned on. The attackers also use another tool, called 3Proxy, to maintain remote access to the compromised computer.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 4, 2021

CryptoAgility to take advantage of Quantum Computing. The same goes with the advent of Quantum Computing , which is supposed to bring exponential computing power that shall not only bring endless benefits but also raises question marks on the current state of cryptography that is the bedrock of all information security as we know today.

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Pen Test Partners

OCTOBER 9, 2023

.< Threat modelling seeks to break down a product into constituent components and assets, identify potential attackers and their goals, develop attack paths, and then calculate and treat these risks. Deploy malicious firmware. Back to Table of contents▲ 1.2. Cryptographic keys on the device or pod. Target users via cloud APIs.

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McAfee

AUGUST 24, 2021

From the 1960’s to 2000 infusion pumps were mostly electromechanical devices with some embedded electronics, but the turn of the century delivered “smarter” devices with better safety mechanisms and the possibility to program them, which slowly opened the door to information security challenges.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 13, 2022

A ransomware attack in New Jersey’s Somerset County disrupted services and forced employees to shut down computers and create temporary Gmail accounts to ensure the public could still email key departments. Install updates/patches to operating systems, software and firmware as soon as they are released. New ransomware trends.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 14, 2022

We left the COVID-19 crisis behind hoping for a long-awaited return to normality and were immediately plunged into the chaos and uncertainty of a twentieth-century-style military conflict that posed serious risks of spreading over the continent. It directly affected satellite modems firmwares , but was still to be understood as of mid-March.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 13, 2022

And now it was like how can I contribute back to Tibet and put material out and help other people maybe join in the same way I did by not traditional means like, it wasn't really college or anything that got me into electronics. Like maybe I should just risk it and just start publishing this stuff to raise awareness.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

We met at Infineon’s OktoberTech™ Silicon Valley 2024 conference , which I had the privilege of attending recently at the Computer History Museum. These compact, integrated computer chips are designed to control specific tasks in electronic devices. For a drill down on our conversation, please view the accompanying videocast.

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ForAllSecure

AUGUST 2, 2022

And by de I'm an analyst at Javelin strategy and research where I do security risk and fraud for the financial services industry. And people gladly take your computer and run it and you have to question that but there's they're so eager to learn it and to do it. I went on to speak at DEF CON 18 When it was held in the Riviera.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 5, 2018

-based tech firm to secretly embed tiny computer chips into electronic devices purchased and used by almost 30 different companies. It also dominates the $1 billion market for boards used in special-purpose computers, from MRI machines to weapons systems. In a nutshell, the Bloomberg story claims that San Jose, Calif.

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