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Wireless Security: WEP, WPA, WPA2 and WPA3 Explained

eSecurity Planet

Wireless security is the protection of wireless networks, devices and data from unwanted access and breaches. It involves a variety of strategies and practices designed to preserve the confidentiality, integrity and availability of wireless networks and their resources. What is Wireless Security?

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Flaws in industrial wireless IoT solutions can give attackers deep access into OT networks

CSO Magazine

It's common for operational technology (OT) teams to connect industrial control systems (ICS) to remote control and monitoring centers via wireless and cellular solutions that sometimes come with vendor-run, cloud-based management interfaces.

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Sierra Wireless halted production at its manufacturing sites due to ransomware attack

Security Affairs

This week, IoT company Sierra Wireless disclosed a ransomware attack that hit its internal IT systems on March 20 and disrupted its production. Sierra Wireless is a Canadian multinational wireless communications equipment designer and manufacturer headquartered in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada. ” . .”

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Presidential Cybersecurity and Pelotons

Schneier on Security

We don’t know what the NSA did to these devices, but they certainly modified the software and physically removed the cameras and microphones — and possibly the wireless Internet connection. In 2007, the wireless features of Vice President Richard B. That is the real cybersecurity issue.

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Zero Trust and the Failure of Sampling: Two Important Cybersecurity Trends

Joseph Steinberg

Last week, I attended an excellent briefing given by Tom Gillis, Senior Vice President and General Manager of VMware’s Networking and Advanced Security Business Group, in which he discussed various important cybersecurity-related trends that he and his team have observed. Sampling No Longer Works.

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Kansas State University suffered a serious cybersecurity incident

Security Affairs

Kansas State University (K-State) suffered a cybersecurity incident that has disrupted part of its network and services. Kansas State University (K-State) suffered a cybersecurity incident that impacted a portion of its network and services. The university immediately launched an investigation into the incident.

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EU to Force IoT, Wireless Device Makers to Improve Security

eSecurity Planet

The European Union is poised to place more demands on manufacturers to design greater security into their wireless and Internet of Things (IoT) devices. The goal of the amendment – called a “delegated act” – is to ensure that all wireless devices are safe before they are sold in the EU. Common EU Security Standards.

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