This posting is here to collect cyber security news in June 2019. I post links to security vulnerability news to comments of this article. If you are interested in cyber security trends, read my Cyber security trends 2019 posting. You are also free to post related links. →
I was on 23.5.2019 at Arrow IoT Summit conference at Helsinki Finland. According to event description: “Arrow IoT Summit brings together companies, top speakers and experts to discuss and develop the Internet of Things in Finland. In addition to inspiring examples and experiences from various fields, the event brings out the best IoT technologies and →
https://software.intel.com/security-software-guidance/insights/deep-dive-intel-analysis-microarchitectural-data-sampling This technical deep dive expands on the information in the Microarchitectural Data Sampling (MDS) guidance. Be sure to review the disclosure overview for software developers first and apply any microcode updates from your OS vendor. Apple, Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Mozilla release patches for ZombieLoad chip flaws https://techcrunch.com/2019/05/14/intel-chip-flaws-patches-released/ Intel MDS Vulnerabilities: What You Need →
I was listening an interesting presentation on monday at Helsinki on cyber security of under sea fiber optics cabling. The end result was that it is possible (not always easy or cheap, but technically possible for many countries) and often not illegal on international sea to listen to the traffic on those cables. There are →
This posting is here to collect cyber security news in May 2019. I post links to security vulnerability news to comments of this article. If you are interested in cyber security trends, read my Cyber security trends 2019 posting. You are also free to post related links. →
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2019/04/china_spying_on.html It seems that supply chain security is an insurmountably hard problem in Internet age. For years, the US and the Five Eyes seems to have had a monopoly on spying on the Internet around the globe. Now other countries seem to want in too. The recent focus on cyber security discussion has been a →
PuTTY is one of most used open-source client-side programs to remotely access computers over secure SSH network protocol from Windows workstations. I use it very often to connect to embedded Linux devices and Linux servers. Based on latest news it might be now a very good idea to update it to latest version 0.71: PuTTY →
https://blog.hackster.io/new-tech-secures-medical-devices-by-using-your-body-as-a-conduit-for-communication-8ca7b8128f67 The article says: “Virtually all wearable devices today communicate wirelessly through either Bluetooth, WiFi, or simple RF (Radio Frequency) signals. While we could try to make those more secure, there is always the possibility that they could be intercepted or spoofed. This new technology avoids the problem altogether by allowing devices to communicate across →
https://www.cyberciti.biz/linux-news/linux-kernel-5-0-released-how-to-install/ Linus Torvalds the creator and the principal developer of the Linux kernel announced the release of Linux kernel version 5.0. This release increases the major kernel version number to 5. from 4.x. There are not any major changed in features but still normal set of changes you can expect from version to another. On →
This posting is here to collect cyber security news in March 2019. I post links to security vulnerability news to comments of this article. If you are interested in cyber security trends, read my Cyber security trends 2019 posting. You are also free to post related links. →