Cyber Security

As the LoRa (Long Range) technology ecosystem accelerates, security remains an area for improvement in the market due to vulnerabilities that leave the network and application server keys accessible in the memory of modules and microcontrollers (MCUs) paired with a LoRaWAN stack. If keys are accessed in a LoRaWAN device, a hacker can impersonate it and authorise fraudulent transactions, which can result in a scalable attack with substantial ...

IT leaders are under tremendous pressure today - and it is only getting worse. Not only are they charged with enabling users to be productive, but they must also act as the virtual gatekeepers of enterprise security. These teams address rising threats and compliance challenges amid the digital transformation, which nearly every organisation is undergoing. It can be overwhelming. By Juliette Rizkallah, Chief Marketing Officer, SailPoint

Designers of Internet of Things (IoT) devices can now access the highly integrated MAX36010 and MAX36011 single-chip security supervisors from Maxim Integrated Products. These security solutions make it easier for designers to implement robust tamper detection, cryptography and secure storage while safeguarding sensitive information via logical and physical protections, without having to be security experts themselves.

Developer of commercial embedded software assurance tools and cyber security solutions, GrammaTech, announced that it has been awarded an $8.4m four year contract from Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), to develop technology that generates and deploys secure configurations to commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) equipment rapidly and largely autonomously.

The new C877 from Aitech provides one of the most powerful combinations of data processing and cyber security available in a 3U VPX single board computer (SBC). Based on independent research and data analysis, it was specifically designed for rugged, high reliability, mission-critical environments that need high levels of data security and peak processing performance.

The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) has confirmed it will integrate the widely used ISA/IEC 62443 series of standards into its forthcoming Common Regulatory Framework on Cyber security (CRF). The CRF will serve as an official UN policy position statement for Europe.

Today the IIoT infrastructure has encountered increasing cyber security threats due to the vulnerability by the use of public networks for IT/OT convergence. This has exposed exploitable opportunities for hackers. To add confidence in industrial control system (ICS), Lanner presents LEC-6041, the next-generation industrial cyber security gateway.

A new cell phone scam targeted at iPhone users tries to steal their Apple login details by sending a fake Spotify/iTunes email. The phishing email claims to be from Apple and Spotify. If a user clicks on the link, the email says the user had bought a year of Spotify Premium for $150.99 and links to a page to ‘review your subscription’. A fake Apple landing page – which looks like a real one - then asks for log-in details.

A Government survey conducted last year, as part of the National Cyber Security Programme, revealed 46% of UK businesses experienced at least one cyber security breach or attack in 2017. Furthermore, the report also found 66% of cyber attacks occurred in SMEs, 45% occurred in micro businesses and 41% in large companies.

  Escalations in state-sponsored cyber attacks will force the United Nations (UN) to tackle the issue with a multinational Cyber Security Treaty during 2019, predicts researchers at WatchGuard Technologies’ Threat Lab.