Tag: Wireless

May 9, 2018

Sierra Wireless has patched two critical vulnerabilities for its range of wireless gateways that would leave the enterprise devices helpless to an array of remote threats, including the charms of the Reaper IoT botnet. The more critical of the two […]

April 16, 2018

Security experts at Cisco’s Talos group have discovered a total of 17 vulnerabilities in Moxa EDR-810 industrial routers manufactured by Moxa. The Moxa EDR-810 is an integrated industrial multiport router that implements firewall, NAT, VPN and managed Layer 2 switch […]

February 9, 2018

Security firm Trustwave has disclosed the details of several vulnerabilities affecting Netgear routers, including devices that are top-selling products on Amazon and Best Buy. The flaws were discovered by researchers in March 2017 and they were patched by Netgear in […]

November 20, 2017

When I began writing about the wireless security lessons learned from the WPA2 vulnerability, I decided to start looking into my own level of exposure. My home network runs WPA2 on a combination cable modem/wireless router leased by my internet […]

October 17, 2017

A devastating weakness plagues the WPA2 protocol used to secure all modern Wi-Fi networks, and it can be abused to decrypt traffic from enterprise and consumer networks with varying degrees of difficulty. Not only can attackers peek at supposedly encrypted […]

August 11, 2017

As adoption of cloud and mobile continues to rise, common employee practices inside and outside the workplace create risk for enterprises. To uncover the risks posed by users’ data-related habits, Bitglass tested real-world scenarios – frequency of connections to unsecured […]

April 4, 2017

Less than a week after Apple pushed out iOS 10.3 comes an iOS emergency patch that all iDevice owners should implement as soon a possible. The security note accompanying iOS 10.3.1 says simply that the fixed problem is a stack […]

October 11, 2016

Google recently announced Google Station, a suite of tools designed to make it easy to create, maintain and log in to Wi-Fi networks at places like parks, airports and coffee shops. And they’re not alone, for example GoGoGuest also recently […]

October 6, 2016

The WiFox mobile app was designed as a huge container of network names and passwords for Wi-Fi airports networks worldwide. Do you travel a lot? Probably you have already read about WiFox, it is a legitimate Android/iOS mobile app that includes indications of […]

September 21, 2016

IoT is complex, fast-growing and often intertwined with systems that govern things like water and power. That makes IoT security a critical requirement, but it’s one that’s not necessarily well understood. The Industrial Internet Consortium, a group that includes some […]

September 21, 2016

Cyber security and privacy protections are among key safety considerations makers of self-driving cars will be required to meet under a recently published US government policy. The US Department of Transportation’s 15-point safety assessment for self-driving cars aims to control […]

August 12, 2016

Researchers have disclosed two remote keyless system attack methods that can be exploited by thieves to clone entry remotes and unlock millions of cars worldwide. The fact that various functions of a moving car can be hijacked by a hacker […]

June 6, 2016

If you’re connected to a wireless network, odds are high that little bits of data are trickling out of your device like water from a leaky faucet. “Our phones leak data in a bunch of different ways,” says artist Kyle McDonald. “Sometimes […]

April 13, 2016

It is an element of progress to have our mouse or keyboard wirelessly communicating with the computer, but have you ever wondered what dangers lie dormant in this efficient technology? A pair of Bastille researchers decided to verify just how […]

March 23, 2016

On the heels of the federal government’s warning about automotive cybersecurity vulnerabilities, a group of German vehicle security researchers has released a study showing many wireless key entry systems are vulnerable to hacking. Munich-based ADAC (Allgemeine Deutsche Automobil-Club) performed the […]

February 26, 2016

All that is needed to gain access to any LEAF’s telematics system is the car’s VIN, researcher says. Automaker Nissan Motor Company has temporarily disabled a remote telematics system in its LEAF electric vehicles after a security researcher showed how […]

February 24, 2016

Researchers at IoT security company Bastille claim to have found a way to hack computers via a vulnerability present in many wireless mouse and keyboard dongles. Wireless mice and keyboards communicate with computers over Bluetooth, radio frequency (RF) and infrared […]

February 23, 2016

The Internet of Things (IoT), commonplace devices connected to each other to become more than the sum of their parts, is quickly becoming an exciting reality. However, there are connectivity, interoperability, management, scalability, privacy and security challenges that require a […]

January 20, 2016

In a pioneering move, cyber-security expert Bruce Schneier approached the risks linked to embedded systems as early as January 2014. Embedded systems cyber-security raised a certain amount of interest in 2015, and will represent an even hotter topic in 2016. […]

January 11, 2016

Wireless adoption is growing fast globally, with Wi-Fi access becoming ubiquitous in businesses, stores, corporate environments and public spaces; literally everywhere we go. As a small to mid-sized business (SMB), you may be considering or already offering Wi-Fi as a […]