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The Growing Presence (and Security Risks) of IoT

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

According to McKinsey & Company , the proportion of organizations that use IoT products has grown from 13 percent in 2014 to 25 percent today. Take manufacturing, for instance. Travelers explains that some advanced manufacturing systems might lack proper safety protocols that could jeopardize workers’ safety, for instance.

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IoT Cybersecurity: 5 Major Vulnerabilities and How to Tackle Them

Security Affairs

As an example, we could use communications between systems that are not properly encrypted. Improper encryption. Hackers or other malicious sources can intercept poorly encrypted communications on the web. The Flaws in Manufacturing Process. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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European Commission proposes reinforcement of EU Cybersecurity rules

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

Next to these two entities, Annex II contains the ones listed below: postal and courier services; waste management; manufacturers and distributors of certain chemicals; food producers and distributors; manufacturers of certain critical products, such as some medical devices, transport equipment, motor vehicles, trailers, electrical equipment, etc.;

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2019 end-of-year review part 1: January to June

IT Governance

Among other news: Lancashire-based Lad Media was wound up , and its director, Keith Hancock, was banned from forming or managing an organisation for four years, after the company was deemed to have violated the PECR (Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations). The supreme court is expected to make its decision in 2020.

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KNOB attack threatens over a billion Bluetooth-enabled devices

Security Affairs

A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2019-9506 and referred as Key Negotiation of Bluetooth ( KNOB ) attack could allow attackers to spy on encrypted connections. An attacker in close proximity to the victim’s device could trigger the vulnerability to intercept or manipulate encrypted Bluetooth traffic between two paired devices.

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Is India's Aadhaar System Really "Hack-Proof"? Assessing a Publicly Observable Security Posture

Troy Hunt

We are rapidly approaching a "secure by default" web and the green padlock is becoming the norm ( about two thirds of all browser traffic is now encrypted ). A great resource for getting a quick snapshot of how a site implements their SSL / TLS / HTTPS ("encryption of traffic", for the masses) is SSL Labs.

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Hacking The Hacker. Stopping a big botnet targeting USA, Canada and Italy

Security Affairs

The following image represents a simple screenshot of the database dump within Victim IPs (which are undisclosed for privacy reasons). Now I was able to see encrypted URLs coming from infected hosts. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Command and Control Source Code (snip).