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XMR crypto miner switches from arm IoT devices to X86/I686 Intel servers

Security Affairs

Akamai researcher Larry Cashdollar reported that a cryptocurrency miner that previously hit only Arm-powered IoT devices it now targeting Intel systems. The researchers revealed that one of his honeypots was hit by this IoT malware that targets Intel machines running Linux. “This one seems to target enterprise systems.”

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GUEST ESSAY: Securely managing access controls is vital to preserving the privacy of healthcare data

The Last Watchdog

There’s no doubt, the increasing use of telemedicine, the explosion of health-based cloud apps, and innovative medical IoT devices are improving the patient care experience. Related: Hackers relentlessly target healthcare providers. The vast majority of breaches are the result of poorly managed access controls.

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Portnox Cloud: NAC Product Review

eSecurity Planet

RADIUS and TACACS+ apply to specific types of endpoints, but the ZTNA-as-a-Service product works for all kinds of devices, including Bring-Your-Own-Device (BYOD) endpoints, Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices, operations technology (OT), industrial control systems (ICS), and industrial IoT (IIoT).

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Chip maker Advantech hit by Conti ransomware gang

Security Affairs

The Conti ransomware gang hit infected the systems of industrial automation and Industrial IoT (IIoT) chip maker Advantech and is demanding over $13 million ransom (roughly 750 BTC) to avoid leaking stolen files and to provide a key to restore the encrypted files. billion in 2019.

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Top IoT Security Solutions of 2021

eSecurity Planet

IoT security is where endpoint detection and response ( EDR ) and enterprise mobility management ( EMM ) meet the challenges of a rapidly expanding edge computing infrastructure. As the enterprise attack surface grows, IoT is yet another attack vector organizations aren’t fully prepared to defend.

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MY TAKE: Why monetizing data lakes will require applying ‘attribute-based’ access rules to encryption

The Last Watchdog

When you create an email archive in the cloud, you need to share secret keys to the whole dataset, so everyone can read all of the data in the cloud,” Karasawa says. These leading-edge systems, in fact, are ramping up today, as 5G connectivity, which allows for much denser distribution of IoT sensors, gain more and more traction.

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What does the resurgence of vinyl records say about IoT?

CGI

What does the resurgence of vinyl records say about IoT? It also led me to think about vinyl in the context of an IoT ecosystem and the user experience. For those of you interested in finding out more about IoT ecosystems, my colleague Gemma Beard has written a couple of excellent blogs [link] and [link] ). p.butler@cgi.com.

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