Security News

U.S. Government Warns of Weakness in IEEE Encryption Standard
2017-11-07 19:22

The United States Department of Homeland Security’s US-CERT has issued an alert to warn on cryptographic weaknesses impacting the IEEE P1735 standard, which describes methods for encrypting...

IEEE P1735 Encryption Is Broken—Flaws Allow Intellectual Property Theft
2017-11-07 02:31

Researchers have uncovered several major weaknesses in the implementation of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) P1735 cryptography standard that can be exploited to...

US-CERT Warns of Crypto Bugs in IEEE Standard
2017-11-06 18:15

Weak cryptography in the IEEE P1735 electronics standard allow attackers to recover valuable intellectual property in plaintext from SoCs and integrated circuits.

IEEE 802.3bz standard brings 2.5 and 5 Gb/s to existing cabling (Help Net Security)
2016-10-03 12:30

The Ethernet Alliance hailed ratification of IEEE 802.3bz, Standard for Ethernet Amendment: Media Access Control Parameters, Physical Layers and Management Parameters for 2.5 Gb/s and 5 Gb/s...

Wearable Warning: IEEE Highlights Top Security Risks For Fitness Trackers (Threatpost)
2016-02-17 19:31

An IEEE report exposes vulnerabilities in wearables such as fitness trackers, which are susceptible to a number of attacks.

Researchers, IEEE Release Medical Device Security Guidelines (Threatpost)
2015-05-18 20:36

A collection of research scientists, with help from the IEEE Cybersecurity Initiative, have released a new set of guidelines for developers to take into account to ensure security figures into how...