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When you consider the future of Internet of Things (IoT) devices, artificial intelligence (AI), conversational technologies, enhancements to both voice and facial recognition, and virtual reality (VR) may be what you envision when it comes to what next…
Continue ReadingMobile device malware may still be far behind when it comes to the prevalence of threats crafted for traditional PC systems, but threat actors are seeking ways to compromise these important devices we use on a daily basis.
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Continue Readingis a weekly column that dives into the rapidly escalating topic of cybersecurity. If you thought Spectre and Meltdown were going to be the only industry-shaking security flaws to affect nearly every computer, think again. Intel recently revealed three …
Continue ReadingThe start of the year seemed to open with a bang on the cybersecurity news front. The Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities made headlines with fears that they could be as bad, if not worse, than the previous Heartbleed vulnerability that made its mark …
Continue ReadingThe newly revealed Intel L1 Terminal Fault vulnerability, also known as Foreshadow, provides a new round of challenges for system administrators who must now find ways to protect their organization’s computers against what could be serious attacks. Int…
Continue ReadingIn January 2018, three security vulnerabilities were made public that allow unauthorized users to bypass the hardware barrier between applications and kernel memory. These vulnerabilities all make use of speculative execution to perform side-channel in…
Continue Reading2018 might well be a year Intel would like to forget, especially where its processors are concerned. It has now revealed that millions of its chips have yet another flaw, which could potentially be used by malware to steal sensitive data. Just like the…
Continue Reading#1225625: Ubuntu, Debian, RHEL, and CentOS Linux Now Patched Against “Foreshadow” Attacks. A new Spectre-like flaw affects Intel x86 CPUs once again, called L1 Terminal Fault (L1TF) or Foreshadow, and patches are now available for the most popular Linu…
Continue Readinghas launched security patches for its widely used Internet Operating System (IOS) and Internet Operating System XE (IOS XE) software, in front of a forthcoming announcement of cybersecurity experts planning to reveal a flaw in the Internet Key Exchange…
Continue ReadingAlthough the jury’s still out on their effectiveness, body-worn cameras for police are generally viewed as a positive development. As part of an effort to make law enforcement more transparent, the hope is that they may be used to both protect civilian…
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