Cybersecurity

New cyber secure regulations related to embedded systems

I just opened the article/blog section on Concergens company web page with my post about information security trends especially related to embedded systems and IoT. More regulation is coming this year and next year. The blog post is available in English and Finnish languages. Information security requirements are increasing https://www.convergens.fi/post/information-security-requirements-are-increasing Tietoturvavaatimukset kasvavat https://www.convergens.fi/fi/post/tietoturvavaatimukset-kasvavat Earlier related

Remember Spectre and Meltdown

Here is an overview of Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities that got a lot of publicity in January 2018. Meltdown and Spectre the two original transient execution CPU vulnerabilities. The Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities were considered “catastrophic” by security analysts. The vulnerabilities are so severe that security researchers initially believed the reports to be false. In

Cyber security predictions for 2024

The year 2023 saw heightened cybersecurity activity, with both security professionals and adversaries engaged in a constant cat-and-mouse game. Here are some cybersecurity predictions for 2024 to help security professionals. It is crucial to anticipate the key themes likely to dominate the cybersecurity space in 2024. Cybersecurity is an ever-evolving process that can never be

Bluetooth BLUFFS attacks

Almost all modern versions of bluetooth are hackable via BLUFFS attacks. CVE-2023-24023 Detail https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-24023 Bluetooth BR/EDR devices with Secure Simple Pairing and Secure Connections pairing in Bluetooth Core Specification 4.2 through 5.4 allow certain man-in-the-middle attacks that force a short key length, and might lead to discovery of the encryption key and live injection, aka