http://www.infoworld.com/article/3187840/linux/can-you-trust-linux-based-tizen-os.html Yesterday there was a story about millions of Samsung IoT that are vulnerable to attacks due to zero-day security holes. “I have been extremely critical of IoT vendors ignoring the importance of updates and security, putting millions of users at risk. In the case of Samsung, what bothered me the most was that these devices →
http://www.edn.com/electronics-blogs/eye-on-iot-/4458251/Realizing-the-IoT-s-security-imperative?_mc=sm_edn&hootPostID=cb43e5eb7c5182a4a36fafd4f0ad4a3d It’s true that in the animal kingdom there is safety in numbers. But in the Internet of Things (IoT), where billions of devices are expected to be connected within the next decade, the sheer volume of devices isn’t expected to mitigate the security risk. In fact, given that many devices may share the same →
http://thehackernews.com/2017/04/microsoft-10-privacy.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter&m=1 →
https://access.redhat.com/blogs/766093/posts/2975791?sc_cid=7016000000127ECAAY Transport layer Security version 1.3 (TLS 1.3) is the latest version of the SSL/TLS protocol which is currently under development by the IETF. It offers several security and performance improvements as compared to the previous versions. →
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/samsung-tizen-operating-system-bugs-vulnerabilities A security researcher has found 40 unknown zero-day vulnerabilities in Tizen, the operating system that runs on millions of Samsung products. Samsung has long sought to reduce its reliance on Google and Android to run its Galaxy smartphones and tablets and other devices. It already has Tizen running on some 30 million smart TVs, as well →
https://techcrunch.com/2017/03/29/mit-critical-infrastructure-research-brenner-trump/?ncid=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Techcrunch+%28TechCrunch%29&sr_share=facebook There is need to improve cyber security on our infrastructure. →
https://opensource.com/life/16/3/firewall-your-home-network-raspberry-pi?sc_cid=7016000000127ECAAY →
Information security issues are in this Internet of Things era very important for embedded systems developers. You need information from many sources, and one valuable information source are surveys made by differet companies. For the third year in a row, Barr Group has conducted its annual Embedded Systems Safety & Security Survey of embedded systems designers in →
http://m.nautil.us/blog/how-classical-cryptography-will-survive-quantum-computers Some are looking at ways to “fight quantum with quantum”—but there is another (and cheaper) option. →
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/03/24/openssl_asks_contributors_to_agree_to_apache_license/ →