As best we can guess, life started on planet Earth about 3.5 billion years ago. Unfortunately, so did death. And the reaper remains undefeated. About 99 percent of all species that ever lived are now extinct. There’s almost no scientific reason to believe humans won’t join them in a relatively insignificant amount of time. I…
Insider threats, the CIA’s bad security policies, and malicious Chrome extensions were the topics of discussion during this week’s news wrap podcast.
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Security experts have identified a series of 19 vulnerabilities, given the name Ripple20, in a small software library integrated into “hundreds of millions”, and potentially billions, of IoT devices that have been sold into consumer, enterprise and industrial markets during the past two decades. Israeli security firm JSOF said this week that IoT devices from…
One of the upsides of lockdown is that I spend pretty much all time at home. Which is good, because I like my house. And — importantly — it’s filled with a large amount of audio equipment, such as the Nuraphone — the flagship headphones from Nura. To give a short introduction, the Nuraphone are…
An unpatched vulnerability in the web server of device firmware gives attackers root privileges, researchers said.
Jessica spends 12 hours a day on the internet managing security for web assets and loves her macha tea
Short-range wireless technologies such as Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE), notably, are suited for widespread sensor networks for monitoring all sorts of processes. The chips are cheap and robust, their battery life is excellent, and it is easy to link them together into networks. Plus, the throughput of short-range technologies like BLE is ideal for transmitting…
After this week’s events, Apple’s App Store is one of the most controversial products in tech. However, the company’s vice president, Phil Schiller, said that it’s not changing the rules for anyone. Let’s back up for a bit and take a look at what happened. First, the European Union opened an anti-trust investigation into App…
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A single connectivity technology will suffice for certain IoT applications, but the real magic is being realised when two or more complementary IoT technologies combine. Increasingly, solution providers are looking to make multi-mode connectivity a springboard for more complex and ambitious IoT solutions. This webinar will consider how the workhorse technologies of the IoT sector…
Welcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, tricks, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and more. Back in 2018, Google introduced a super-fast way of creating a new Google Docs file from anywhere in a browser. Typing in docs.new in the URL box creates a…
