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As part of the partnership, ASUS is equipping its ASUS PE200U edge computer with Innodisk's next-generation flash storage, the out-of-band management-enabled Innodisk InnoAGE SSD. This solution allows customers to roll out more reliable and secure edge devices and IoT infrastructure than ever before. The Innodisk InnoAGE's unique out-of-band signaling technology combined with ASUS IoT Cloud Console address this challenge by allowing device operators to effortlessly manage their IoT devices remotely.
Innodisk and ASUS announced a new strategic partnership between the two companies. As part of the partnership, ASUS is equipping its ASUS PE200U and PE200S edge computers with Innodisk's next-generation flash storage, the out-of-band management-enabled Innodisk InnoAGE SSD. This solution allows customers to roll out more reliable and secure edge devices and IoT infrastructure than ever before.
Some vendors of low-cost devices are responsive to bug reports and publish security fixes promptly, which leads to another problem with the IoT ecosystem, namely that many consumers take a "Set and forget" attitude to these devices. So even if your home router gets updated reguarly with security improvements, when was the last time you went and checked if your device actually has the latest firmware version installed?
A pair of flaws in ASUS routers for the home could allow an attacker to compromise the devices - and eavesdrop on all of the traffic and data that flows through them. The bugs are specifically found in the RT-AC1900P whole-home Wi-Fi model, within the router's firmware update functionality.
With the advent of the AIoT era, ASUS has embraced new technologies and methods to develop advanced manufacturing capabilities. At the end of 2019, ASUS expanded the company's AIoT business unit to be able to develop more solutions for industries and, in the process, renamed it the AIoT Business Group.
The botnet, called dark nexus, uses processes similar to previous dangerous IoT threats like the Qbot banking malware and Mirai botnet. Dark nexus also borrows code and processes previously used by Qbot and the infamous Mirai botnet that launched the 2016 Dyn DDos attack.
Vulnerabilities discovered in Acer and ASUS software preinstalled on most PCs from these companies could lead to privilege escalation and the execution of arbitrary payloads, SafeBreach warns. read more
Independent researchers found 125 different CVEs across 13 different router and NAS models.
The BlackTech cyber-espionage group has been performing man-in-the-middle (MitM) attacks on the update process of the ASUS WebStorage application to deliver the Plead backdoor to their targeted...
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: Attackers compromised ASUS to deliver backdoored software updates Unknown attackers have compromised an update server...