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https://www.scmagazine.com/debugging-mechanism-in-intel-cpus-allows-seizing-control-via-usb-port/article/630480/ Some Intel CPUs have JTAG over USB 3 debugging built-in. This could be good for debugging but is really bad for computer security. “starting with the Skylake processor family in 2015, Intel introduced the Direct Connect Interface (DCI) which provides access to the JTAG debugging interface via common USB 3.0 ports.” Having the DCI →
http://www.csoonline.com/article/3155572/internet-of-things/john-mcafees-3-major-cybersecurity-predictions-for-2017.html Cybersecurity predictions: 1. IoT denial of service attacks on major Internet carriers will become commonplace 2. The anti-virus paradigm will finally been seen as a dead paradigm 3. Intelligence agencies will finally accept the fact that a sophisticated Nation State can perpetrate any hack and make it point to any Nation or agency that →
https://www.tripwire.com/state-of-security/security-data-protection/70-europeans-arent-willing-sacrifice-privacy-new-services-survey-reveals/ Europeans seem to want good security. →
http://www.edn.com/design/consumer/4443249/Teardown–Drone-streams-live-video?_mc=sm_edn&hootPostID=aace25fdd6ccde81d57b00797e517d7a Look at this tiny video streaming drone teardown. →
http://www.zdnet.com/article/theres-a-linux-powered-car-in-your-future/ Linux is everywhere, also in cars. →
https://learntemail.sam.today/blog/my-watch-runs-gnu-linux-and-it-is-amazing/ Nice story on running Linux on smart watch. Article also compares a modern smart watch hardware to first iPhone. →
https://threatpost.com/ftc-d-link-failed-to-secure-routers-ip-cameras/122895/ Legal process against companies that seem to have failed in IoT security in 2016 seems to be starting now. I expect that also several other companies will get similar treatment – very many companies have had same type security problems. →
http://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/extreme_weather_in_finland_cold_record_snaps_at_-398_lightning_strikes_porkkala/9388109 Extreme winter in Finland! Those degrees are Celsius. You can’t measure those low temperatures with mercury thermeter because mercury is frozen at this temperature. →
The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is the world’s biggest tech event. With nearly 200,000 attendees flooding into the Las Vegas strip for a week in January. Newest event CES 2017 just started. CES is often the home to consumer product announcements and demonstrations of future technologies, so it is one of the most anticipated events →
https://www.wired.com/2017/01/biggest-security-threats-coming-2017/ Wired magazine shares it’s view on security threats coming this year. →