In-brief: ARM’s purchase of Simulity adds the ability to do over the air updates to embedded SIM chips and highlights ARM’s efforts to build out security and management at IoT scale.
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Will ‘Right to Repair’ imperil IoT Security?
In-brief: the firm Pen Test Partners notes that there are security arguments against expanding right to repair laws. But do they stand up to scrutiny?
After Petya, NATO will provide Cybersecurity Help to Ukraine
In-brief: NATO said it was extending support to Ukraine to help confront a rash of cyber attacks from Russian affiliated hacking forces.
Joe Weiss on Grid Attacks and Critical Infrastructure Security
Could a cyber attack darken US cities for days? weeks? months? The Security Ledger talks with Joe Weiss, a noted expert on the cyber security of the electric grid and critical infrastructure. Joe says that the means to achieve a long term power outage is there. All that’s missing is the motive.
Heartbleed’s Heartburn: Why a 5 Year Old Vulnerability Continues to Bite
In-brief: more than three years after it was first discovered, the Heartbleed vulnerability in OpenSSL continues to plague organizations worldwide. Why has it been so hard to fix? In this Industry Perspective, Patrick Carey of the firm Black Duck talks about some of the complicating factors that make vulnerabilities like Heartbleed so hard to eradicate.
