My girlfriend read something that worried her about the security risks posed by Internet of Things (IoT) devices at home. She had recently purchased a new TV, and she has an older home security system. She asked if her privacy might be at risk. We talked about the kinds of problems an unprotected home…
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Right now, we’re living through a period of almost unprecedented technological change. It can be easy sometimes to get caught up in the excitement of this change and miss the bigger picture; the wider themes that tie our past to our future. That’s why at Trend Micro we’re proud to have been able to execute…
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As cities continue to grow smarter, they will also become easier to hack. With millions (if not billions) of dollars going into research for urban domains and the Internet of Things (IoT), there will be more opportunities to utilize technology to define, access and improve smart city services and infrastructure. In these smart cities, information…
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The Internet of Things (IoT) is changing the way we live and work forever. It makes us more productive, healthier and happier, and it enables businesses to work smarter, more efficiently and with greater agility. There’s just one problem: from a security perspective IoT devices are fundamentally flawed. And the bad guys are getting pretty…
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We are nine weeks away from the Pwn2Own™ 2017 security contest returning to CanSecWest, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year. A lot has changed in the world since the first Pwn2Own in 2007. The computing space has changed drastically, as well. The first Pwn2Own happened before Conficker or Stuxnet. It happened before the…
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Attracting the best and brightest in the field, the annual RSA Conference plays an important role in keeping security professionals across the globe connected and educated. Last week, we witnessed several cybersecurity trends and developments including the federal government’s involvement with security, the ease of automotive hacking in modern vehicles, potential threats targeting connected medical…
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Yes, you read that right: it’s time patch your servers, your phones and your IoT devices for the same vulnerability. The reason for this need to patch broadly is a new vulnerability in the Linux kernel (CVE-2016-0728) that was discovered by the Perception Point Research Team. The kernel is the core of the Linux operating…
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It’s that time of the year again – when the great and good of the consumer technology world descend on Las Vegas for a glimpse of the future. Yes, it’s time to shake off that holidays and get down to CES 2016: the world’s largest electronics trade show. With 170,000 attendees and more than 3,500…
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In our 2016 annual predictions, The Fine Line 2016 Predictions, the most frightening and most sensational prediction is that “at least one consumer-grade smart device failure will be lethal in 2016.” It’s easy to misread and misunderstand this to mean that the prediction is that someone will successfully hack a smart device and kill someone….
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Today is October 21, 2015. This is the date that Marty McFly travelled thirty years into the future to visit in the popular “Back to the Future” series of movies. When fictional dates in the future finally roll around, it’s natural to stop and ask “what did they get right?” and with something as fun…
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