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New Windows/Linux Firmware Attack

Schneier on Security

. “Once arbitrary code execution is achieved during the DXE phase, it’s game over for platform security,” researchers from Binarly, the security firm that discovered the vulnerabilities, wrote in a whitepaper.

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MY TAKE: What if Big Data and AI could be intensively focused on health and wellbeing?

The Last Watchdog

Towards this end it has begun sharing videos, whitepapers and reports designed to rally decision makers from all quarters to a common cause. There has long been plenty of patient data from traditional sources; and there’s a rising tide of fresh data pouring in from mobile apps, smart wristwatches and Internet-connected gym equipment.

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News Alert: Utimaco finds regional disparities in consumers’ level of trust in digital security

The Last Watchdog

Just decades ago, the internet was something that could only be accessed from large, immobile personal computers. Auerbach In the US, respondents reported the highest levels of digital fraud from all sources, including banking and payments, Internet of Things (IoT) and Smart Cities.

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The Dawn of True IoT Security

CyberSecurity Insiders

Internet of Things (IoT) devices are now everywhere. To discover more about CISSP read our whitepaper, 9 Traits You Need to Succeed as a Cybersecurity Leader. However, like any technical directions, the ideas set forth are only effective in capable and qualified hands. To learn more about this topic, read our latest article.

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The Cybersecurity Role as a Business Partner

CyberSecurity Insiders

Even without too much effort, or math, you could easily help a non-technical person so that they would have a reasonable understanding of why these mathematical functions create the ability to securely conduct business on the internet. To discover more about CISSP read our whitepaper, 9 Traits You Need to Succeed as a Cybersecurity Leader.

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ETERNALSILENCE – 270K+ devices vulnerable to UPnProxy Botnet build using NSA hacking tools

Security Affairs

In early 2013, researchers at Rapid7 published an interesting whitepaper entitled “Security Flaws in Universal Plug and Play” that evaluated the global exposure of UPnP-enabled network devices. Now the company provided an update to its initial analysis revealing a disconcerting scenario, UPnProxy is still up and running.

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Thousands of Hikvision video cameras remain unpatched and vulnerable to takeover

Malwarebytes

However, according to a whitepaper published by CYFIRMA , tens of thousands of systems used by 2,300 organizations across 100 countries have still not applied the security update, and are therefore vulnerable to exploitation. In September 2021 we told you about insecure Hikvision security cameras that were ready to be taken over remotely.