Troy Hunt

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

In part 1 of this series, I posited that the IoT landscape is an absolute mess but Home Assistant (HA) does an admirable job of tying it all together. In part 2 , I covered IP addresses and the importance of a decent network to run all this stuff on, followed by Zigbee and the role of low power, low bandwidth devices. Let's dive into it.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The automakers argued that their practice was necessary to provide certain features and services, such as hands-free calling and texting, and that customers had consented to the data collection by agreeing to the terms of service when they purchased their vehicles. states specific to a private right of action that allows class actions.

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Schneier on Security

JANUARY 26, 2018

Called Spectre and Meltdown, these vulnerabilities were discovered by several different researchers last summer, disclosed to the microprocessors' manufacturers, and patched­ -- at least to the extent possible. They're the future of security­ -- and it doesn't look good for the defenders. Spectre and Meltdown aren't anomalies.

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SC Magazine

MAY 10, 2021

Digital transformation has changed the way companies do business, which has in turn changed the way consumers interact with the products and services companies provide. Where once the concept of product security was a niche feature of paramount importance to those companies that had a tangible product, the world has changed.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 25, 2019

com via Domaintools.com shows the domain was assigned in 2015 to a company called “ Shanghai Blazefire Network Technology Co. Earlier this month, Google disclosed that a supply chain attack by one of its vendors resulted in malicious software being pre-installed on millions of new budget Android devices. “Yehuo” ( ? .”

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Critical Infrastructure, IIoT a Good Fit. The idea of walling off the most critical assets in a network is a particularly good fit for critical infrastructure and industrial IoT, in which a wide range of legacy devices simply aren’t able to run traditional EDR software. “The companies are reliant on the perimeter.”

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Adam Shostack

JULY 1, 2021

The US Government’s lead cybersecurity agencies (CISA, NSA, and ODNI) have released an interesting report, Potential Threat Vectors To 5G Infrastructure. Press release ), and I wanted to use this for a Threat Model Thursday, where we take a respectful look at threat modeling work products to see what we can learn. What are we working on?

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 6, 2021

During the Covid-19 crisis, companies that have successfully invested and executed recurring business models have proven more resilient than those who have not. During the Covid-19 crisis, companies that have successfully invested and executed recurring business models have proven more resilient than those who have not.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 1, 2023

Still, it adds new clauses to ensure proportionality, more outstanding risk management, and specific criticality standards to let national authorities choose whether other companies should be included. The updated regulation keeps a broad principle in place.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 20, 2021

The good news is that patches are available. Either to patch against the latest vulnerabilities or when new features become available. Google is the company that developed the Android operating system (which is itself a type of Linux) and the company also keeps it current. Android updates and upgrades.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Anti- phishing , anti-fraud and anti-spam features. The company’s first attempt at MITRE testing was somewhat disappointing, but for home users, Sophos Home Premium is a solid offering with advanced features. Top 4 antivirus software. Bitdefender. Protection against sophisticated malware and zero-day attacks.

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 8, 2024

With the introduction of the Copilot button, users can now enjoy instant access to a range of AI-driven features. In a bold move that promises to redefine the way users interact with their computers, Microsoft has announced the integration of a dedicated Copilot button on the keyboards of its Windows PCs. Copilot AI: what is it?

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 18, 2024

The cost of not knowing what good is. So it doesn’t surprise me that when I ask people what makes a highway bridge “good,” I get quick responses with pretty consistent answers: guardrails, proper lighting, clear signage, smooth driving surface, lane markings, load capacity, structural integrity, and so on. There is a point to this.)

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The Security Ledger

MAY 3, 2022

The good news? The bad news: those same remote access features could be used to launch crippling, large scale attacks on US farms. The post Feel Good Ukraine Tractor Story Highlights Ag Cyber Risk appeared first on The Security Ledger with Paul F. John Deere bricked expensive farm equipment taken by thieving Russian troops.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 24, 2023

Of the Android phones that don't, they may come with another manufacturer browser that proves non-privacy friendly and/or has questionable security. It is maintained by the Brave company, which of itself has been involved with a handful of privacy-related scandals. Brave engages in telemetry, though it can be disabled.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

And, in fact, IoT-related security incidents have already begun taking a toll at ill-prepared companies. Among companies surveyed that are struggling the most with IoT security, 25 percent reported IoT security-related losses of at least $34 million in the last two years. Related: How to hire an IoT botnet — for $20.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 9, 2023

Cyberattacks such as malware infiltration and vulnerability exploitation continue to make headlines, attacking companies of various sizes. In contrast to typical methods of defending against web attacks, browser isolation utilizes a Zero Trust strategy that does not rely on filtering based on threat models or signatures.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 1, 2021

The VPN can be further hardened through authentication and strong cryptography configuration, enabling the most essential features, and protecting and monitoring access to and from the VPN. Even if the TLS parameters used by the products are secure, using custom or non-standard features exposes you to additional danger. Choosing a VPN.

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SC Magazine

APRIL 27, 2021

The Cigent team at the company headquarters. This is not due to naïveté, or some failure to appreciate the threat landscape – many of the founders and executives have backgrounds founding or leading successful cybersecurity companies – but rather because of those experiences. The company emerged from stealth this morning with $7.6

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 20, 2021

There are plenty of major companies using the technology to create a more connected home. This blog was written by an independent guest blogger. It’s becoming more popular in 2021 to have a smart home with connected devices capable of communicating with each other. Read on to learn 7 main trends in connected homes for 2021.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 3, 2021

And with good measure, since the cybercriminals behind these groups, as well as others, have been successful at extorting millions of dollars for their personal gain.”. And with good measure, since the cybercriminals behind these groups, as well as others, have been successful at extorting millions of dollars for their personal gain.”.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 10, 2023

Beyond simply making its feed available to all kinds of users, AlienVault Open Threat Exchange also does a good job of making its data accessible and easy to read through detailed dashboards. As a bonus, many of these tools are free to access and have specialized feeds that focus on different industries and sectors.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 6, 2021

This can be a serious violation of a child’s privacy, and the behavior of this feature is predicated on an assumption that may not be true: That a child’s relationship with their parents is a healthy one. Some see this as a great move by Apple that will protect children. That system, called neuralMatch, will perform two functions.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

From retail to healthcare, banking to government, manufacturing to communications services – achieving your organization's mission and beating the competition requires paying attention to customer experience demands and working in a timely fashion to address them. What exactly are customers asking for? And the returns are significant.

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SC Magazine

MAY 25, 2021

The need to defend company networks can pile on stress for the security community. COVID-19 threatened lives, livelihoods and companies security as employees migrated en masse to a work-from-home model. COVID-19 threatened lives, livelihoods and companies security as employees migrated en masse to a work-from-home model.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 24, 2021

In just the past year, free VPN for Android apps have exposed the data of as many as 41 million users, revealing consumers’ email addresses, payment information, clear text passwords, device IDs, and more. All of that has to be paid. All these people that work on [the VPN service], nobody is going to do it for free. No one is that altruistic.”.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

In short , t achographs are key to the operation of companies in the road transport sector across Europe. . Having originally been introduced to vehicles in 1953 , digital /smart tachographs were used in over six million trucks and buses over the course of 2019. Howe ver, regulation in this sector is changing.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 21, 2022

When determining what changes will help a company without flooding their security team with false alerts that waste time and money, the fundamental consideration should be to deeply study the organization and understand the answers to three basic questions: What should never happen? EDR Customization Objectives.

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SiteLock

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Moreover, even some representatives of companies manufacturing products positioned as NGFW commit this fault. "We At the same time, we can lay down a set of basic features inherent in products of this category. Some information security specialists confuse the concepts of WAF and NGFW. We have an NGFW, do we need a WAF?"

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Schneier on Security

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Due to ever-evolving technological advances, manufacturers are connecting consumer goods­ -- from toys to lightbulbs to major appliances­ -- to the internet at breakneck speeds. By developing more advanced security features and building them into these products, hacks can be avoided.

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ForAllSecure

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

And Jordan now has his own company. Jordan Wiens, from Vector 35 , maker of Binary Ninja, is no stranger to CTFs. He’s played in ten final DEF CON CTFs, was a part of DARPA’s Cyber Grand Challenge, and recently he’s moderated the live broadcast of the annual Hack-A-Sat competition. VAMOSI: I am not a gamer.

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

The bait included the most awaited and talked-about releases: the new season of Stranger Things, the new Batman movie, and the Oscar nominees. Short-lived phishing sites often offered to see the premieres before the eagerly awaited movie or television show was scheduled to hit the screen. Of course, no prize ensued after the fee was paid.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 30, 2020

We'll start off with him being the CEO of ForAllSecure, a software security company, a professor at Carnegie Mellon University, and he's also the former director at CyLab, which is part of CMU. His passion stems from the fact that he believes software can change the trajectory of our future possibilities. Dennis Fischer: Yeah, I am too.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 30, 2020

We'll start off with him being the CEO of ForAllSecure, a software security company, a professor at Carnegie Mellon University, and he's also the former director at CyLab, which is part of CMU. His passion stems from the fact that he believes software can change the trajectory of our future possibilities. Dennis Fischer: Yeah, I am too.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 30, 2020

We'll start off with him being the CEO of ForAllSecure, a software security company, a professor at Carnegie Mellon University, and he's also the former director at CyLab, which is part of CMU. His passion stems from the fact that he believes software can change the trajectory of our future possibilities. Dennis Fischer: Yeah, I am too.

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ForAllSecure

MARCH 14, 2022

And the fact that hackers are thinking about this now is a very good thing. Can you hack an airplane? A satellite in orbit? Turns out that you can. Steve Luczynski and Matt Mayes join The Hacker Mind to talk about the importance of getting hackers, vendors, and the government to get together and work through problems. Or a satellite in space?

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 22, 2021

In this episode of The Hacker Mind , Beau Woods and Paulino Calderon discuss their book, Practical IoT Hacking, and talk about IoT threat models, the technologies being used today, and what tools and knowledge you need to get started successfully hacking IoT devices. Vamosi: I once lived near a large urban park. Funny thing.

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