In-brief:Security and privacy risks from connected devices are likely to persist, with no easy fix for what experts agree are widespread problems.
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FTC Sues D-Link Citing Security Flaws in Routers, Cameras
In-brief: The FTC filed suit against home networking gear maker D-Link alleging the company’s products are insecure and pose a danger to consumers. (Editor’s note: updated to include D-Link’s official statement on the FTC case. – PFR 1/10/2017)
Can Low-Power Devices Be Secured? | Semiconductor Engineering
In-brief: Internet of Things will break the traditional perimeter-based model for security, and article at Semiconductor Engineering declares. But are device makers ready to do what’s necessary to build a new generation of secure endpoints that can scale globally?
No Panacea, Machine Learning Still Poised to Transform Security Work
In-brief: experts at an event in San Francisco predicted that humans will be in the loop on information security for the foreseeable future, even as advances in machine learning eliminate whole categories of lower level information security work.
Car Infotainment Vulnerability Raises Supply Chain Concerns
In-brief: Researchers from George Mason University and New York University are warning that the software used to link smart phones to in-vehicle “infotainment” (IVI) systems could make cars vulnerable to remote attack.
