Billions of sensors that are already deployed lack protections against attacks that manipulate the physical properties of devices to cause sensors and embedded devices to malfunction, researchers working in the U.S. and China have warned.
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Podcast: New Malware targets Industrial Safety Systems and Uncle Sam Bans Kaspersky – What Now?
In our latest podcast: industrial security expert Joe Weiss talks to us about Triton, a new malware family targeting industrial safety systems. Also: Dave Aitel of the firm Immunity Inc. joins us again to talk about new legislation banning government agencies from using anti malware software by Kaspersky Lab. And, Alan Naumann* of the firm Contrast Security talks to us about the major insurance firm that joined the latest round of investment in his company, and why application security is everybody’s problem.
Podcast: Uber Breach Puts Focus on Securing DevOps Secrets
The hack of Uber and the loss of information on 57 million customers is just the latest security incident stemming from what our guest Elizabeth Lawler calls “DevOps secrets” – valuable credentials, APIs and other sensitive information that often end up exposed to the public as a result of lax continuous development operations. In this Spotlight Edition* of The Security Ledger Podcast, sponsored by CyberArk, we talk with Elizabeth about how to contain DevOps secrets and secure the secret super user lurking in modern organizations: highly privileged application code.
Surveillance Under The Tree: Connected Device Audit Turns up Sensors, Security Holes
Sensors and security holes are common companions on a range of connected toys and consumer devices available to consumers this holiday season.
Cisco Talos finds More Flaws in Foscam Cameras
Cisco Systems is warning the public about a range of new vulnerabilities it has discovered in IP cameras from the firm Foscam, a popular maker of commercial and consumer surveillance cameras, the second trove of software security holes uncovered since June.
