The Debate Over How to Encrypt the Internet of Things
WIRED Threat Level
NOVEMBER 23, 2019
So-called lightweight encryption has its place. But some researchers argue that more manufacturers should stick with proven methods.
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WIRED Threat Level
NOVEMBER 23, 2019
So-called lightweight encryption has its place. But some researchers argue that more manufacturers should stick with proven methods.
The Last Watchdog
JULY 30, 2018
One sliver of the $90 billion, or so, companies are expected to spend this year on cybersecurity products and services is an estimated $85 million they will shell out for encrypted flash drives. Related: How DataLocker got its start h. The encryption in our products is handled by a chip inside the actual hardware itself.
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The Security Ledger
JANUARY 14, 2022
The post Spotlight: ShardSecure on Protecting Data At Rest Without Encryption appeared first on The Security Ledger with Paul F. Encryption tools for securing that data are widely available, but they come with costs both in management overhead and in speed of access. Click the icon below to listen. Spotlight: COVID Broke Security.
The Last Watchdog
NOVEMBER 12, 2023
This is precisely what the consortium of software companies and device manufacturers, led Google, Amazon and Apple, set out to achieve when Matter was conceived four years ago. Matter works much the way website authentication and website traffic encryption gets executed. This same approach really could be applied to other industries.
The Last Watchdog
MAY 8, 2019
Related: Marriott reports huge data breach Ever thought about encrypting the data held on a portable storage device? Launched as a one-man operation in 2007, DataLocker has grown into a leading manufacturer of encrypted external drives, thumb drives, flash drives and self-encrypting, recordable CDs and DVDs.
Security Affairs
NOVEMBER 1, 2021
“According to Vladimir Kononovich, some manufacturers rely on security through obscurity, with proprietary protocols that are poorly studied and the goal of making it difficult for attackers to procure equipment to find vulnerabilities in such devices. Wincor is currently owned by ATM manufacturer giant Diebold Nixdorf.
Security Affairs
OCTOBER 13, 2020
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. Vicious insider. Hackers can use this window of opportunity to steal the data.
Security Affairs
JANUARY 7, 2022
NAS servers are a privileged target for hackers because they normally store large amounts of data.The ransomware was targeting poorly protected or vulnerable NAS servers manufactured by QNAP, threat actors exploited known vulnerabilities or carried out brute-force attacks. The post How to secure QNAP NAS devices? Pierluigi Paganini.
eSecurity Planet
MARCH 3, 2023
To protect against those threats, a Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) encryption protocol is recommended. WPA2 is a security protocol that secures wireless networks using the advanced encryption standard (AES). WEP and WPA are both under 4%, while WPA2 commands a 73% share of known wireless encryption connections.
The Last Watchdog
FEBRUARY 21, 2024
Since it was introduced two years ago, Matter has been embraced by some 400 manufacturers of IoT devices and close to one million Matter certificates have been issued, Nelson told me. DigiCert’s clients and prospects are steadily modernizing the way digital connections get authenticated and sensitive assets get encrypted, Trzupek told me. “In
Krebs on Security
JUNE 26, 2018
In addition, access to the insides of these older pumps frequently is secured via a master key that opens not only all pumps at a given station, but in many cases all pumps of a given model made by the same manufacturer. Older model fuel pumps like this one feature a flat, membrane-based keypad and vertical card reader. Image: SAPD.
The Last Watchdog
NOVEMBER 14, 2022
What they came up with is an open-source standard designed to ensure that smart home devices from different manufacturers can communicate simply and securely via an advanced type of mesh network. . PKI also keeps data encrypted as it moves between endpoints. I’ll keep watch and keep reporting.
The Last Watchdog
DECEMBER 17, 2023
What I found most commendable about this Neubiberg, Germany-based semiconductor manufacturer is that it is fully directing its innovations squarely at reversing the negative impacts of climate change. They come with a “secure element” which embeds encryption keys and authentication certificates at the chip level. “We Very well said!
Security Affairs
MAY 15, 2023
Compromised organizations operate in different business verticals, including manufacturing, wealth management, insurance providers, and pharmaceuticals. The ransomware supports intermittent encryption to speed up the encryption process. This process encrypts only a certain part of the source file’s contents, not the entire file.”
eSecurity Planet
MAY 22, 2023
. “SFA sensors except Touch ID do not encrypt any data and lack mutual authentication,” they wrote. ” “Fingerprint image hijacking is feasible on all devices except for Apple, which is the only one that encrypts fingerprint data on SPI,” they added. .”
Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing
MARCH 10, 2021
There are so many reasons why manufacturers connect their products to the Internet, whether it’s industrial machines, medical devices, consumer goods or even cars. Additionally, many auto manufacturers now have the ability to remotely update software to fix vulnerabilities or even upgrade functionality. Co-ordination is key.
Security Affairs
MARCH 26, 2021
Experts discovered that threat actors targeted a large US transportation & logistics organization, a large US consumer products organization, and a global manufacturing organization. Then the malware perform a scan in local directories and network shares for content to encrypt. ” concludes the report.
The Last Watchdog
JANUARY 17, 2023
What’s more, digital certificates can get issued by different CAs, or by components manufacturers, or even internally by the enterprise itself. The guy who’s running identity access management is different than the guy in charge of encryption or the guy running DevOps,” he says. And they’re not talking to each other.
eSecurity Planet
MARCH 1, 2023
To prevent unwanted access and protect data in transit, wireless connections must be secured with strong authentication procedures, encryption protocols, access control rules, intrusion detection and prevention systems, and other security measures. As a result, wireless networks are prone to eavesdropping, illegal access and theft.
Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing
JULY 20, 2023
1) Manufacturer Protocols “Matter” First, consumers should seek to purchase Smart Devices that are Matter certified. Additionally, while most manufacturers are experts in their device domain, they are not typically familiar with IoT security needs or how to incorporate them into production.
The Last Watchdog
NOVEMBER 15, 2018
Related: How to hire an IoT botnet — for $20. Carried out by ReRez Research , DigiCert’s poll queried senior officials at organizations in the fields of healthcare, industrial manufacturing, consumer products and transportation ranging in size from 999 to 10,000 employees. Tiered performances. Scaling your security measures.
Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing
APRIL 5, 2021
CRN, a brand of the Channel Company, publishes its Partner Program Guide every year as a means for solutions providers to learn more about the partner programs operated by some of the industry’s leading technology companies that offer IT products and services including IT manufacturers, software developers, distributors and more. Encryption.
eSecurity Planet
OCTOBER 5, 2021
Get recommendations on how to protect against new threats. The focus is on recovering deleted and encrypted files as quickly as possible. Determines the initial vector of infection, where your current data backups are, and the sensitivity of encrypted files. Data is recovered remotely or returned on encrypted media.
The Last Watchdog
MARCH 4, 2020
First, the identities of any two digital entities – a sensor and a control server, for instance, or even a microservice and a container — must be authenticated, and, second, the data exchanged between any two such digital instances must be encrypted. So PKI can be used to secure connections. It already does this for the Internet.
The Last Watchdog
FEBRUARY 21, 2020
Related: Why PKI is well-suited to secure the Internet of Things PKI is the authentication and encryption framework on which the Internet is built. In the classic case of a human user clicking to a website, CAs, like DigiCert, verify the authenticity of the website and encrypt the data at both ends. We appear to be on that path.
Security Affairs
JULY 11, 2019
The ransomware targets poorly protected or vulnerable NAS servers manufactured by Taiwan-based QNAP Systems, attackers exploits known vulnerabilities or carry out brute-force attacks. encrypt extension to filenames of encrypted files. encrypt extension to filenames of encrypted files. The malicious code appends.
The Last Watchdog
DECEMBER 11, 2022
I recently visited with Thomas Rosteck, Division President of Connected Secure Systems (CSS) at Infineon Technologies , a global semiconductor manufacturer based in Neubiberg, Germany. We discussed how the Internet of Things, to date, has been all about enabling humans to leverage smart devices for personal convenience.
Security Affairs
APRIL 7, 2020
The researchers also provided information on how to remove xHelper from an infected device. Upon the installation, the malicious app registers itself as a foreground service and extracts an encrypted payload that gathers information about the victim’s device (android_id, manufacturer, model, firmware version, etc.)
IT Governance
JULY 12, 2018
In its statement , Adidas said: “According to the preliminary investigation, the limited data includes contact information, usernames and encrypted passwords. Adidas is the second largest sportswear manufacturer in the world, and this data security incident demonstrates yet again that organisations of all types are at threat of attack.
eSecurity Planet
MARCH 25, 2024
IT teams should pay close attention to vulnerability news so they know when and how to patch their business systems. We also saw a physical security issue in Saflok electronic locks, which affects hotels in over a hundred countries. Fortra, Apple, and Amazon Web Services had vulnerabilities, too. The vulnerability was dubbed “Unsaflok.”
Security Affairs
MAY 7, 2021
As of April 28, the site mentioned nine companies primarily from aviation, financial, education and manufacturing industries. As always, the document contains instructions on how to remove “protection”: Figure 2. Files are encrypted using ChaCha20 with 12-bytes length IV.
The Last Watchdog
MARCH 13, 2019
This will be led by the manufacturing, consumer, transportation and utilities sectors. Nor has anyone accepted accountability for encrypting any of the fresh flows of data, whether in transit or at rest. Acohido is dedicated to fostering public awareness about how to make the Internet as private and secure as it ought to be.
eSecurity Planet
MARCH 22, 2023
Operating technology (OT), also known as the industrial internet of things (IIoT), uses smart pumps, conveyor belts, motors, and manufacturing equipment — and the operations teams that install the devices may not always inform the network security team about them. Critical resources need additional protection.
Security Affairs
NOVEMBER 15, 2019
. “Between October 16 and November 12, 2019, Proofpoint researchers observed the actor sending malicious email messages to organizations in Germany, Italy, and the United States, targeting no particular vertical but with recipients that were heavily weighted towards business and IT services, manufacturing, and healthcare.”
Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing
NOVEMBER 14, 2018
More manufacturers are providing factory originated machine identities in order to clearly identify each device—these are often thought of as the device’s “birth certificate.” Organizations need to understand how to support machine credentialing for IoT, and how to securely manage increase demand for certificates.
Security Affairs
SEPTEMBER 23, 2020
Since March, the attackers have been trying to conduct multistage attacks on large corporate networks of medical labs, banks, manufacturers, and software developers in Russia. The operators use a suite of custom tools with the ultimate goal of encrypting files in the infected system and holding it for a ransom of about $50,000.
The Last Watchdog
APRIL 24, 2019
On the operating side, whether it’s manufacturing or energy generation, or whatever, those folks are not security experts and they don’t have a connection with IT security people.” And once you have that, then you have the ability to reverse algorithms and unlock encryption. OT and IT convergence. Talk more soon.
Troy Hunt
NOVEMBER 25, 2020
Turns out you can't tell by looking at the device itself, you need to jump back out to the main menu, go down to settings, into firmware update then you see everything pending for all devices: I don't know how to auto-update these nor do I have any desire to continue returning to the app and checking what's pending. But there were problems.
ForAllSecure
JUNE 8, 2022
Even so, the car manufacturers carved out large groups of codes. Since then, car manufacturers have improved on this. Certainly no one uses 40 bit encryption anymore. I mean, how exactly is it different from Wi Fi or NFC? So the thing was that one major German car manufacturer had the standard pin of 1234.
Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing
JULY 26, 2022
Establishing an IAM Blueprint for Securing Manufacturing Environments. The manufacturing sector is crucial to the economic prosperity of all countries. Products made by these manufacturing industries are essential to many other critical infrastructure sectors. IAM Blueprint for Securing Manufacturing Environments.
eSecurity Planet
SEPTEMBER 14, 2022
With all this in mind, let’s take a look at what a scammer does, who they target, and how to spot one trying to pick your metaphorical pockets. Here’s How to Do It Right. According to the 2021 IBM Threat Force Intelligence Index , Manufacturing was the industry most likely to be attacked last year, comprising 23.2% Individuals.
eSecurity Planet
APRIL 6, 2023
Ransomware is a type of malicious program, or malware, that encrypts files, documents and images on a computer or server so that users cannot access the data. Knowing what ransomware is and how it works is essential for protecting against and responding to such attacks. How Does Ransomware Work?
Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing
JANUARY 24, 2024
Thales and IBM Consulting are working together to lead and guide the industry in how to successfully address these threats and challenges. As quantum computing continues to advance, the threat it poses to traditional encryption methods is clear. Organizations with long-term data needs for more than 5-10 years are even more vulnerable.
IBM Big Data Hub
JULY 7, 2023
Thirty percent of those incidents occurred in manufacturing organizations. Put into place data protection tools such as data encryption algorithms, key management, redaction, data masking and erasure, and data resiliency. Malware attacks via backdoors made up 21% of all incidents, and 17% were ransomware attacks.
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