The Embedded Devices market is growing exponentially. Learn more about the critical need for securing embedded devices and the various trends in verticals such as healthcare, automotive, mobile, retail/Point-of-Sale, manufacturing, critical infrastructure, military/aerospace and others industries utilizing embedded device.
Today’s leading security experts believe the next catastrophic electrical failure may have more to do with Father Time than Mother Nature. Why? During recent decades, the focus of energy innovation has been to modernize energy distribution and make it safer, cleaner, more efficient, less costly, and open to more alternative forms of production—all viable goals. Read more…
Tags: Embedded Security, Intelligent Systems Framework, Internet of Everything, Internet of Things, IoE, IoT, ISF, M2M
Risk and the Internet of Things must not be left unmanaged. It is a real threat, and the consequences can certainly be severe. Fortunately, work is underway in the area of managing risk for this growing dynamic; I call it “RIOT Control” as a concise way to explain the complex topic of information security for Read more…
Tags: Embedded Security, Intelligent Systems Framework, Internet of Everything, Internet of Things, IoE, IoT, ISF, M2M
Cash registers first originated in the 1870’s to combat a problem of dishonest employees who were pocketing money from customers. Point of Sale (POS) systems are specialized computer systems today, but many have open operating systems and are susceptible to the same issues as any other computer system. As additional features continue to expand POS Read more…
Tags: credit card fraud and protection, embedded, embedded security solutions, POS, POS systems, retail, retail security
The Internet of things (IoT) includes the current internet that we know and use every day, but it is different because we will be sharing it with more devices. These devices will utilize the internet to communicate with us, and more importantly, to also communicate with each other. Thanks to the expanded addressable network space Read more…
Tags: Embedded Security, Intelligent Systems Framework, Internet of Everything, Internet of Things, IoE, IoT, ISF, M2M
Today is Internet of Things Day where it’s encouraged to plan meet-ups and discuss latest projects. Doesn’t sound like the kind of activities businesses may be interested in, but I urge you to reconsider. You just may have some projects already underway that fall under IoT. I realize the term Internet of Things (IoT) has Read more…
Tags: Embedded Security, Intelligent Systems Framework, Internet of Everything, Internet of Things, IoE, IoT, ISF, M2M
As credit and debit payments became widespread, point of sale (POS) systems were created for the sole purpose of processing a purchase. These days, modern POS systems have additional functionality that intends to enhance the customer experience. For example, cashiers can use a POS system to sign you up for their loyalty program, and if Read more…
Tags: credit card fraud and protection, embedded security solutions, POS, POS systems, retail, retail security
The ICS-CERT recently released the “ICS-CERT Incident Response Summary Report,” which quantifies known industrial control system cyber security incidents from 2009 to 2011. The report offers a very useful summary of threats, and provides some eye-opening metrics. One finding across all reported incidents was that “an organization’s technology can result in cyber security gaps,” which Read more…
Tags: critical infrastructure, energy
I was talking to a healthcare organization recently that was in utter disappointment over their new CAT scan machine. When deployed, the machine was already infected with malware, and the bug spread to other systems in the organization. Pre-installed malware is never something you expect to deal with in a new machine, but it can Read more…
Tags: Deep Defender, embedded, Integrity Control, malware, Pre-Installed Malware
With some predictions of “self driving cars” being available to consumers as early as 2018, the rapid adoption of technology into the basics of driving is posing some interesting challenges from a security standpoint. In a recent TV news report, Closer Look: Newer Cars May Pose Hacking Risk, McAfee’s Brian Contos discusses some of these Read more…
Tags: Eelectric Vehicle, embedded, EV, HV, Hybrid Vehicle, In vehicle Infotainment, malware, security
Multifunction printers (MFPs) have been common in offices for years. They let employees print, scan, and copy documents. Two separate talks at the 28th Chaos Communications Congress (28c3) show how attackers can infect these trusted office devices. Hacking MFPs In Andrei Costin’s presentation “Hacking MFPs,” he covered the history of printer and copier hacks from the Read more…
Tags: Malware research, PostScript, Printers, white hat hackers
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