In-brief: Five predictions about the cyber threats and security challenges that 2017 has in store for us.
Tag: hardware
Amazon, Microchip team on chip to protect IoT | IEEE Spectrum
In-brief: MicroChip and Amazon are partnering on a chip designed to pair with Amazon’s IoT cloud and provide cryptographically strong identities for IoT devices.
Barnes & Noble says Nook Tablets will drop Suspect Chinese Software
In-brief: Barnes & Noble said its Nook tablets have not been used to steal data and that it is taking steps to stop using software by the Chinese firm Shanghai Adups Technology Co. Ltd. (ADUPS).
Update: Researcher Calls In-Flight Entertainment Hacks a Safety Threat
In-brief: Research from the firm IOActive has discovered exploitable holes in in-flight entertainment software from the firm Panasonic Avionics that may make planes vulnerable to hacking and manipulation. Editor’s note: updated with comments from interview with Ruben Santamarta of IOActive. PFR 12/21/2016
Did NSA Hackers The Shadow Brokers have a Broker?
In-brief: analysis of the latest leak of sophisticated hacking tools by The Shadow Brokers suggests that the theft was an inside job, the security firm Flashpoint contends.
