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IoT Unravelled Part 3: Security

Troy Hunt

I also looked at custom firmware and soldering and why, to my mind, that was a path I didn't need to go down at this time. Back to the bit about risks impacting data collected by IoT devices and back again to CloudPets, Context Security's piece aligned with my own story about kids' CloudPets messages being left exposed to the internet.

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Top 12 Firewall Best Practices to Optimize Network Security

eSecurity Planet

Analyze logs on a regular basis to discover unusual behaviors, potential risks, and places for improvement. Automate Patches and Updates Ensure strong network security by automating regular updates of firewall firmware and installing security patches as soon as they become available.

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Sounding the Alarm on Emergency Alert System Flaws

Krebs on Security

The DHS warning came in advance of a workshop to be held this weekend at the DEFCON security conference in Las Vegas, where a security researcher is slated to demonstrate multiple weaknesses in the nationwide alert system. .” Anything lower than version 4.1 should be updated immediately.

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IoT Secure Development Guide

Pen Test Partners

.< 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. Mind maps can be a good way to collaboratively develop this phase within a threat modelling workshop.

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The Cybersecurity Executive Order: the first 120 days

Security Boulevard

On June 2 and 3, 2021, the National Institute of Standard and Technology (NIST) held a workshop where it consulted with federal agencies, the private sector, academics, and other stakeholders to start working on a definition of Critical Software. Critical Software Definition. The definition of EO-critical software.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: DEF CON Villages

ForAllSecure

And by de I'm an analyst at Javelin strategy and research where I do security risk and fraud for the financial services industry. Vamosi: Okay, I feel there needs to be a disclaimer here to hack your own car at your own risk. We had a display area where the cantenna that we mentioned before was on display had a small workshop.

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Executive Order Update: NIST Establishes a Definition for Critical Software and Outlines Scan Requirements for Software Source Code

Veracode Security

A black and white definition of critical software is an excellent first step in protecting the federal government from security risk. NIST could have extended the definition to include software that interacts with critical software, but – understandably – the line had to be drawn somewhere.

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