Modern smart phones use lots of powr, have high capacity batteries and many people want that they can be charged quickly. Fast charging is a name for battery charging technologies that charges the battery faster that normally by increasing the charging power. The standard USB charging is somewhat complicated enough with several standard versions and →
http://resources.infosecinstitute.com/cyber-risks-industrial-environments-continue-increase/ Industrial control systems (ICS) are a privileged target of different categories of threat actors. Researchers observed a significant increase of brute force attacks on supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems. In December, IBM warned of the availability of a penetration testing framework named smod that was used in many attacks in the wild. Organization in any industry can →
http://spectrum.ieee.org/computing/hardware/invasion-of-the-hardware-snatchers-cloned-electronics-pollute-the-market Unlike counterfeit electronics of the past, modern clones are very sophisticated. The counterfeiters make their own components, boards, and systems from scratch and then package them into superficially similar products. The clones may be less reliable than the genuine product, having never undergone rigorous testing. But they may also host unwanted or even malicious software, firmware, →
http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/natosource/nato-and-eu-members-join-finland-s-new-center-for-countering-hybrid-threats Reuters: Several European Union and NATO member nations on Tuesday signed up to establish a center in Helsinki to research how to tackle tactics such as cyberattacks, propaganda and disinformation…. →
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/maps-and-graphics/safest-countries-in-the-world/ Finland is the safest country in the world. →
Information security issues are in this Internet of Things era very important for embedded systems developers. You need information from many sources, and one valuable information source are surveys made by differet companies. For the third year in a row, Barr Group has conducted its annual Embedded Systems Safety & Security Survey of embedded systems designers in →
https://horizon-magazine.eu/article/critical-infrastructures-under-daily-attack-erncip-head-georg-peter_en.html ‘Critical infrastructures around the world, not just in Europe, are constantly being targeted by cyber attacks, as are many other systems used by society which are internet-connected. Every day, European vital services and infrastructures have to be able to resist many types of cyber attacks. ‘The risk of attacks against such infrastructures is expected →
https://medium.com/@DalePeterson/the-future-of-scada-ics-ransomware-e7f94d36c955#.b60oxpj66 ICS are likely to see smarter ransomware and targeted attacks to get it onto ICS PLC’s, RTU’s and controllers. →
https://www.wired.com/2017/02/sky-net-illegal-drone-plan/ This is a long article on public safety challenges drones can cause and ideas how to defeat drone attacks. →
http://wtkr.com/2017/02/18/why-buying-used-cars-could-put-your-safety-at-risk/ Connected car can remain under control of previous owner. →