Security News

NETSCOUT Smart Edge Monitoring gives IT teams visibility into any network or application from anywhere
2021-07-28 02:10

NETSCOUT SYSTEMS introduced NETSCOUT Smart Edge Monitoring to give IT teams complete visibility and insights to assure the highest-quality end-user experience in any network or application regardless of where employees perform their job. "IT organizations face big decisions in managing and advancing their networks and management approaches, which became even more urgent, during the pandemic on multiple fronts - from operations to optimization, from resolution to readiness, and from core and cloud to edge and client," stated Mark Leary, research director, network analytics, IDC. "To address the next normal in network management, ITOps needs to be able to diagnose whether applications, clients, services, or network infrastructure are causing performance problems. Here, it is vital to pinpoint and resolve service degradation issues across any domain rapidly and accurately."

Microchip Smart Storage adapters enable NVMe and 24G SAS connectivity and manageability
2021-07-22 00:30

These adapters enable next-generation NVMe and 24G SAS connectivity and manageability while delivering new levels of security required for next-generation data center infrastructure. "These adapters set a new benchmark in the industry for storage adapter security and performance with the latest NVMe and 24G SAS media, as well as flexibility for supporting 12G SAS and 6G SATA SSDs and HDDs.".

CyberLink collaborates with ASUS to create smart IoT/AIoT applications
2021-07-06 23:30

CyberLink announced a partnership with ASUS, by integrating its FaceMe AI facial recognition engine into ASUS's Tinker Board 2 single-board computer. The fruit of a close collaboration between the ASUS IoT and CyberLink's FaceMe team, this joint solution provides ready-to-use, fully integrated facial-recognition capabilities for security, access control, visitor management and contactless experiences for retail, public services, hospitality and more.

DARPA nails cash to project 'FENCE' — a smart camera that only sends pics when pixels change
2021-07-06 05:29

The USA's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has announced it will fund development of a new type of "Event-based" camera that only transmits information about pixels that have changed. The Agency last week announced last week that Raytheon, BAE Systems and Northrop Grumman will develop the new snapper under the Fast Event-based Neuromorphic Camera and Electronics program.

Zephyr OS Bluetooth vulnerabilities left smart devices open to attack
2021-06-22 12:30

Vulnerabilities in the Zephyr real-time operating system's Bluetooth stack have been identified, leaving a wide variety of Internet of Things devices open to attack - unless upgraded to a patched version of the OS. A security advisory released by Synopsys this afternoon highlights eight key vulnerabilities in Zephyr's Bluetooth Low Energy software stack. The vulnerabilities, discovered through use of Synopsys's Defensics fuzzing software, are exploitable when the devices are in advertising mode and accepting connections from remote devices - putting a wide range of gadgets at risk.

Cisco Smart Switches Riddled with Severe Security Holes
2021-06-17 19:30

Cisco has flagged and patched several high-severity security vulnerabilities in its Cisco Small Business 220 Series Smart Switches that could allow session hijacking, arbitrary code execution, cross-site scripting and HTML injection. Finally, CVE-2021-1571 could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to conduct a HTML injection attack.

PrivacyMic: A smart home system that doesn’t record speech
2021-06-14 02:30

A team of University of Michigan researchers has developed a system that can inform a smart home - or listen for the signal that would turn on a smart speaker - without eavesdropping on audible sound. "There are a lot of situations where we want our home automation system or our smart speaker to understand what's going on in our home, but we don't necessarily want it listening to our conversations," said Alanson Sample, U-M associate professor of electrical engineering and computer science.

SMART Modular T5PFLC FIPS 140-2 SSDs protects sensitive data against cyberattacks
2021-06-10 00:45

SMART Modular Technologies announced its T5PFLC FIPS 140-2 SSDs which provide certified authentication, sophisticated encryption, and are available in capacities from 120GB - 2TB. FIPS 140-2 is a National Institute of Standards and Technology standard that outlines a set of security criteria to enable the safe handling of sensitive information, and is a requirement for all U.S. Federal government applications as well as most other high-security applications. SMART's FIPS 140-2 designation signifies that these SSDs contain cryptographic components that have been validated to NIST FIPS 140-2 Level 2 Standard which provides assurance that electronic information is highly protected and meets the stringent classification standards required by the government.

PrivacyMic looks to keep your home smart without Google, Alexa, Siri and pals listening in
2021-06-09 18:03

They've found a means of using a voice-activated smart speaker system without it having to listen to everything you say - and no, it's not "Pressing a button." "There are a lot of situations where we want our home automation system or our smart speaker to understand what's going on in our home, but we don't necessarily want it listening to our conversations," said the aptly named Alanson Sample, associate professor of electrical engineering and computer science at the University of Michigan.

Cisco Smart Install Protocol Still Abused in Attacks, 5 Years After First Warning
2021-06-09 15:09

Cisco's Smart Install protocol is still being abused in attacks - five years after the networking giant issued its first warning - and there are still roughly 18,000 internet-exposed devices that could be targeted by hackers. Cisco describes Smart Install as a plug-and-play configuration and image-management feature that provides zero-touch deployment for new switches.