Cisco focuses on application security with Portshift acquisition

Cisco has made plans to acquire Israeli startup Portshift in an effort to bolster its security solutions for a reported, but not confirmed, price of $100 million. Through the use of Kubernetes, an open-source container-orchestration system for computer automation, Portshift enables DevOps, security and operations teams to continuously secure the entire containerized applications lifecycle. In…

Critical Flaws Discovered in Popular Industrial Remote Access Systems

Cybersecurity researchers have found critical security flaws in two popular industrial remote access systems that can be exploited to ban access to industrial production floors, hack into company networks, tamper with data, and even steal sensitive business secrets. The flaws, discovered by Tel Aviv-based OTORIO, were identified in B&R Automation’s SiteManager and GateManager, and MB Connect Line’s…

Sennheiser SC 160 USB-C Headset Review

The Sennheiser SC 160 USB-C are advertised as coming with 2-in-1 earpads, so that you can use either the included foam or leatherette padding, depending on your preferences. However, we couldn’t find any variants that come with the leatherette or the 2-in-1 padding as they all only come with foam. Our test unit also has foam padding,…

Sierra Wireless provides ‘full-stack’ IoT for fertilizer tank LTE-M solution

IoT provider Sierra Wireless has been selected by IoT tracking firm Ekatra to underpin its industrial tank monitoring solution, which is geared particularly towards fertilizer tanks in the farming industry. Ekatra has integrated the Cabadian firm’s ‘full-stack’ Octave IoT platform into its new product, to simplify development and deployment. US-based Heartland Tank Services, a provider…