5 zero-day vulnerabilities leave Cisco Nexus switches, IOS XR routers, Cisco 7800 and 8800 IP phones and Cisco IP cameras vulnerable to hacking. ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄ ▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄▄ ▄ ▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄ ▄ ▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄ … Read more
As part of digital transformation strategies, leading organisations are already using networks to enable new business models such as the Internet of Things (IoT) or optimise existing operating models such as asset tracking. Alternatively, businesses may be investing in technologies such as robotic process automation (RPA), as part of their digital transformation initiatives in order … Read more
Waseda University Faculty of Science and Engineering in Tokyo is currently looking into IoT security by investigating the characteristics of hardware Trojans and researching methods to avoid security risks. Noting the growth in the outsourcing of circuit design and manufacturing coupled expanding internet connectivity, university researchers observe that cybersecurity threats from hardware trojans are also … Read more
A new variant of the InterPlanetary Storm malware is targeting IoT devices, such as TVs that run on Android operating systems, and Linux-based machines, such as routers with ill-configured SSH service, according to Barracuda Networks researchers. The new variant gains access to machines by running a dictionary attack against SSH servers, similar to FritzFrog, another … Read more
A startlingly high number of mobile devices have been covertly modified to pose a security risk to organizations.Researchers at security vendor Zimperium estimate that around one out of every 1,000 devices it encounters have either been rooted (Android) or jailbroken (iOS).While one-tenth of 1 percent does not seem on the surface to be a significant … Read more