Security expert and author Bruce Schneier talks with senior writer J.M. Porup about that widespread use of connected chips — allowing hackers to access cars, refrigerators, toys and soon, even more home consumer items.
Credit to Author: Carol LaRosa| Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2018 18:42:08 +0000
Urban migration is at its highest level and city buildings are under pressure to operate more efficiently. We are now seeing a shift towards smart buildings that embrace the internet… Read more »
Shodan, a search engine for all ports within the internet, can help enterprises identify and lock down security vulnerabilities. Senior writer J.M. Porup and content producer Juliet Beauchamp talk through the security scenarios.
Credit to Author: Christopher Roberts| Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2018 14:53:24 +0000
Life expectancy increased by five years between 2000 and 2015, the fastest increase since the 1960s, according to the World Health Organization. Furthermore, the number of people over 60 is… Read more »
Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2018 01:03:12 +0000
Earlier this month I spoke at a cybersecurity conference in Albany, N.Y. alongside Tony Sager, senior vice president and chief evangelist at the Center for Internet Security and a former bug hunter at the U.S. National Security Agency. We talked at length about many issues, including supply chain security, and I asked Sager whether he’d heard anything about rumors that Supermicro — a high tech firm in San Jose, Calif. — had allegedly inserted hardware backdoors in technology sold to a number of American companies.
Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2018 00:41:56 +0000
What do we do with a company that regularly pumps metric tons of virtual toxic sludge onto the Internet and yet refuses to clean up their act? If ever there were a technology giant that deserved to be named and shamed for polluting the Web, it is Xiongmai — a Chinese maker of electronic parts that power a huge percentage of cheap digital video recorders (DVRs) and Internet-connected security cameras.
Credit to Author: Guest Blogger| Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2018 17:28:43 +0000
“My internet is down.” “My Wi-Fi isn’t working.” Customer service reps at network providers hear these countless times per day; they naturally get blamed. ITS Fiber, however, has a record… Read more »
The Internet of Things (IoT) is opening up opportunities in all sorts of areas, including in facility operations. A case in point is tools for managing smaller buildings. While building… Read more »