Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
Selling redundant gear and wiping hard drives on computers has pretty much become standard over the last few years – whether the machines are going for resale, donation, upcycling or recycling. But what happens when it comes to cyber security critical network devices? These bits of kit can be eye-wateringly …
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I write a lot about patches being one of the most important steps in any cyber security plan – a quick search for “patches” on this site will show you how important they are. However you also need more in your cyber security plan than simply software patching as vendors …
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Domien Schepers and Aanjhan Ranganathan of Northeastern University and Mathy Vanhoef of imec-DistriNet, KU Leuven, have published a paper demonstrating a flaw in the way WiFi access points handle power saving requests to and from devices. This could enable a threat actor to manipulate the WiFi frames passing between devices …
There is an interesting article over on SANS Internet Storm today – Johannes Ullrich has been tracking some public vulnerabilities in D-Link and Netgear devices that are not mentioned on the vendor pages and for many there are no patches available: What’s the deal with these router vulnerabilities? – SANS …
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Readily available commercial drones have been adapted to be spy-drones: Wi-Fi spy drones used to snoop on financial firm • The Register This type of attack had been a popular discussion and maker session at various hacking events over the past few years, but now it is happening in the …
