Archive for July 2023

This posting is here to collect cyber security news in August 2023. I post links to security vulnerability news to comments of this article. You are also free to post related links to comments. →

Light communications is hot in news now. Here are few headlines: LiFi 802.11bb standard uses light for in-room data transmission up to 224GB/s https://www.cnx-software.com/2023/07/14/lifi-802-11bb-wifi-standard-uses-light-for-in-room-data-transmission-up-to-224gb-s/ The 802.11bb WiFi-like standard, also called LiFi, was ratified in June 2023. It enables data transmission up to 224GB/s at a few meters range within a room using light instead of →

The Engineer Comedian – Don McMillan Comedy (due to request) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNNFVA-QRSY →

IT’S A HUMBLE ‘SCOPE, BUT IT CHANGED OUR WORLD https://hackaday.com/2023/07/06/its-a-humble-scope-but-it-changed-our-world/ Now anyone seeking a connection with both Pong and the Apple II can have one of their very own if they have enough money because [Al Alcorn]’s Tektronix 465 oscilloscope is for sale. He’s the designer of the original Pong and used the instrument in →

A high voltage probe allows an ordinary voltmeter to measure voltages that would otherwise be too high to measure or even destructive. Typically normal multimeters are typically designed to measure voltage up to hundreds of volts or one kilovolt. If you need to measure higher voltage, you need to use a high voltage probe. A →

I got a mains power (230V AC) surge protector for teardown and analysis. This one is designed to be installed to DIN rail on the small electrical distribution panel or inside electrical equipment. This one was in original package but already the indicator showed that it was broken. This protector protects against voltages above 320V →

This posting is here to collect cyber security news in July 2023. I post links to security vulnerability news to comments of this article. You are also free to post related links to comments. →