ARM CEO calls for new intitiaves on security in IoT
Posted November 12, 2015
Internet of Things (IoT) security was a driving force at the ARM TechCon show this week in Santa Clara, California. CEO Simon Segars, in his Nov.11 keynote address, talking about security, privacy and the need to develop trust among end users and governments in the use of a myriad of connected devices in use. Otherwise,
Read MoreGoogle “embarrassed” by Android security flaws, says ACLU
Posted November 5, 2015
ACLU Principal Technologist Chris Soghioan, speaking at the EmTech conference hosted in Cambridge, Massachusetts by the MIT Technology Review, said Apple’s efforts to protect the privacy of its users, including end-to-end encryption of their communications, effectively separates the company’s more affluent iOS users from the poor and disadvantaged forced to use Android. “We now find
Read MoreBlack hats needed to come to the rescue
Posted October 22, 2015
Embedded technology guru and journalist John Blyler recently dug up an old proposal on the need for companies to hire “black hat” developers or at least learn to hack like them to keep up with the rash of cybersecurity breaches filling the news pages. The original article appeared in Wireless System Design back in 2003 where he suggested
Read MoreAsk Jack 2: Securing Android devices
Posted September 17, 2015
In our second installment of Ask Jack, we sat down with Eurocal Group CTO Jack Wolosewicz about the recent news about major security flaws in Android operating systems. He talks about how they occur, how difficult it is to fix them and what you might want to look into to fix the problem yourself.
Read MoreSound hacking story not the full story
Posted August 17, 2015
Recently Reuters published an article about how hackers could use sound to break into secure files. NewTechPress talked with CTO and security expert Jack Wolosewicz about the article who revealed that it wasn’t quite that cut and dried. Here’s the interview.
Read More1.4 Million Chryslers recalled for security hole
Posted July 27, 2015
Following a report in the magazine Wired, Chrysler recalled 1.4 million models going back to 2013 that are vulnerable to a hack that would remotely control the vehicles, including the brake system, the engine, and the steering system. Chrysler on Thursday upgraded its network, saying the update would prevent the remote hacking from taking place. Initially Chrysler said
Read MoreEXO5 and Wave Systems team up for Intel
Posted July 1, 2015
EXO5, a valued client of Eurocal Group making technology to secure laptops, recently teamed up with WAVE Systems, to market their complementary offerings. This video with WAVE CEO Bill Solms talks about their work with Intel.
Read MoreCybersecurity efforts hurt by lack of manpower
Posted June 29, 2015
You would think with all the attention being paid to the issue of cybersecurity that it would be a growth industry. And you would be wrong. As we noted in our last newsletter, while a handful of companies in the industry are seeing brisk growth, the industry itself is growing at about 1 percent a
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