Stalking with Bluetooth tracking devices
Technology companies traditionally ignore the safety downsides of their products. Bluetooth tracking devices can surreptitiously shadow people. But it’s easy to disarm them.
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Author: Lou Covey
Predictions Finale: Legislation, standards drive chip security in 2022.
Finishing up our series on 2022 predictions we went to some of the people we’ve talked to in the past year to get their views on what will influence chip security for the positive in 2022.
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Common technology could blunt flash mob thievery
Metropolitan areas in the US have been hit with flash mobs of thieves. Technology already in place could seriously blunt these crimes. The question is whether the shoppers and retailers are ready to take responsibility for using it.
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Make semiconductors secure… or else
Last week, the 58th Design Automation Conference (DAC) in San Francisco dropped a few hints that the semiconductor industry will finally consider making chips secure before manufacturing. However, not without kicking, screaming and complaining.
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Automation promotes consistency in API security
Establishing consistency in security protocols is a challenge for any organization developing and implementing APIs. Judicious use of automation can mitigate development delays and facilitate development, as panel discussion showed.
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Myths, statistics and holistic security – are insiders the real problem?
A 17-year-old FBI report claimed that 80 per cent of data breaches originate internally. A recent report on Statista, demonstrates that the problem is much more nuanced.
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Scam Bucket: Microsoft reveals year-old Franken-phish campaign
Ever heard of Franken-phish? It’s a campaign that targets Microsoft 365 users. It sells kits comprised of components of other kits readily available on the Internet, hence the term “Franken-phish.” Read about it in our latest Scam Bucket Article.
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Building a collaborative security team: Case Study
Solving cybersecurity issues can boil down to a single weakness: personnel, but hiring qualified security workers is hard when you don’t know what skills are needed. Building from within with proper tools can overcome that lack of knowledge.
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Why does bad marketing happen to good products?
The tech world sees marketing as a necessary “evil” and does it poorly. The cybersecurity industry sees it as a mystery but duplicates what the tech world does, so their efforts are generally poor and clueless.
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Is ‘API Security’ an oxymoron?
In the first executive event on API security, Sandy Carielli from Forrester focused on API security from a development perspective – read her conclusion in our exclusive coverage.
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