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Aviation Electronics Europe 2016

Aviation Electronics Europe 2016

Recently, I attended the Aviation Electronics Europe 2016 conference, which was held in Munich again after the successful conference in 2015. The theme of this year’s conference...

8 years 6 months ago

Security Vulnerabilities with Fingerprinting: Linux Considerations

Security Vulnerabilities with Fingerprinting: Linux Considerations

Various tools, such as nmap, can be used to help determine what operating system a particular computer is running, based on the network responses it generates to crafted network...

8 years 6 months ago

Are you DROWNing?

Are you DROWNing?

An attack on the SSLv2 protocol, was disclosed this week by security researchers. Visit https://drownattack.com if you want to get straight to the scoop. This is yet another in a...

8 years 8 months ago

What is CVE-2015-7547?

What is CVE-2015-7547?

Some of the uncovered common vulnerabilities capture the world’s attention to the point of being attributed a nickname (e.g. heartbleed). Others are fixed and get popular just in...

8 years 9 months ago

2nd International Workshop on MILS

2nd International Workshop on MILS

Earlier this week, I had the opportunity to attend the 2nd International Workshop on MILS: Architecture and Assurance for Secure Systems in Prague, which was organised by the EURO...

8 years 9 months ago

Wind River VxWorks: Update/Clarification

Wind River VxWorks: Update/Clarification

Wind River’s flagship VxWorks product is a leading real-time embedded operating system (RTOS) used widely in devices around the world for the last 25 years. Recently at a...

9 years 2 months ago

Whitelisting as a key weapon in the battle for embedded device security

Whitelisting as a key weapon in the battle for embedded device security

If you are an embedded software developer involved IoT projects , you’ve no doubt read the recent warning issued by the Federal Trade Commission about cybersecurity risks...

9 years 9 months ago

Hackers, Crackers, and Pirates: How to Protect Embedded Devices in the Internet of Things

Hackers, Crackers, and Pirates: How to Protect Embedded Devices in the Internet of Things

As devices and technologies continue to evolve and become more intertwined and connected, the embedded market is experiencing a rebirth. The Internet of Things (IoT) is...

10 years 1 month ago

Is the Internet our best metaphor for the IoT?

Is the Internet our best metaphor for the IoT?

Last week Dave Evans ( @DaveTheFuturist ) tweeted about a search engine for the Internet of Things called Thingful . In the interview that Dave referenced, there’s discussion of...

10 years 5 months ago

No Need to Bleed for Security!

No Need to Bleed for Security!

Who doesn’t love a great nickname? Earlier this month, security experts discovered a very serious bug in OpenSSL. And by “discovered” I mean “noticed.” Apparently the bug had been...

10 years 6 months ago