Tag: Security

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RIPE NCC’s Marco Hogewoning on IoT Regulation in the UK

Marco Hogewoning, of the RIPE Network Coordination Centre (RIPE NCC), has taken on the topic of regulating the Internet of Things (IoT) in the UK – and highlights that “while there could be benefits […] there are also a lot of challenges.” In a piece penned for Information Age, Marco… Read More

CRU: Free RISC-V Boards, Security in the FOSSi Era, and More

OpenISA has officially launched the VEGAboard microcontroller development board, based on the PULP Platform’s RI5CY and Zero-RI5CY RISC-V core, and it’s giving them away to encourage adoption of the free instruction set architecture (ISA). Developed in partnership with the Parallel Ultra Low Power (PULP) Platform, Express Logic, Foundries.io, Ashling, IAR… Read More

Round-Table Discusses RISC-V, FOSSi Impact on Hardware Security

Semiconductor Engineering’s Ed Sperling has published extracts of a round-table with Rambus’ Helena Handschuh, Microsemi’s Richard Newell, and Galois’ Joseph Kiniry on the impact the open RISC-V instruction set architecture (ISA) can have on security. “With open source, you have the opportunity to review it and come up with comments,… Read More

CRU: RISC-V Security, GraphQL Foundation, lowRISC 0.6, and More

Esperanto Technologies, a company focused on developing energy-efficient many-core accelerators for artificial intelligence and machine learning applications, has announced the closure of a whopping $58 million in Series B funding – more than 10 times its previous investment rounds combined. “Despite still operating largely in stealth mode, we appreciate this… Read More

CRU: RISC-V Grows Apace, RTOS Vulnerabilities Patched, and More

The IIT Madras SHAKTI Project has celebrated a major milestone this month: the first boot of a RISC-V processor both designed and manufactured within its native India. Launched in 2014 with a focus on IBM’s Power instruction set architecture (ISA) before switching to the open-source RISC-V ISA, the Shakti Project… Read More

Zimperium Warns of Critical FreeRTOS Vulnerabilities

Security researcher Ori Karliner, of Zimperium’s zLabs, has warned of a range of vulnerabilities in the popular open-source FreeRTOS real-time operating system kernel – and with remote code execution possible, developers using the platform are urged to patch. Made available under the MIT Licence, FreeRTOS supports a wide range of… Read More

CRU: Vintage FOSSi, ORConf 2018, Tink Cryptography, and More

Chips4Makers has officially launched a crowdfunding campaign to produce the Retro-uC, an open-silicon microcontroller capable of acting as a Zilog Z80, MOS Technologies 6502, or Motorola M68K microprocessor. “I am delighted to announce that the Retro-uC crowdsupply campaign has now been launched. It has taken a little longer to straighten… Read More

Pwn2Own Tokyo Adds IoT Devices to Target List

The Pwn2Own security contest, in which researchers compete to exploit vulnerabilities in popular consumer products in exchange for cash prizes and ownership of the items in question, is to extend to cover Internet of Things (IoT) products for the first time amid growing concerns over the lack of security-focused thinking… Read More

Google Releases Open-Source Tink Cryptographic Library

Advertising, search, and computing giant Google has announced the release of a new cross-platform open-source cryptographic library aimed at protecting implementers from common cryptographic mistakes: Tink. “In cryptography, subtle mistakes can have serious consequences, and understanding how to implement cryptography correctly requires digesting decades’ worth of academic literature. Needless to… Read More

Embedded.com’s Ville Baillie on Updating Embedded Linux

Embedded Design’s Ville Baillie is running a series on over-the-air updates for embedded Linux installations, a key feature of being able to keep Internet of Things (IoT) deployments functional and secure, with this week’s instalment looking at the currently-available off-the-shelf solutions. “Once an Embedded Linux product leaves the lab and… Read More

MQTT Misconfiguration Leaves IoT Users Vulnerable, Says Avast

Security specialist Avast has warned of misconfiguration in ‘smart home’ products that are leaving thousands of users vulnerable to attack, thanks to accidental exposure of Message Queuing Telemetry Transport (MQTT) servers. “Both MQTT and [popular broker software] Mosquitto have broad security capabilities — for example, to provide fine-grained access control… Read More

SiFive HiFive1 Board, Courtesy of SiFive

CRU: RISC-V SSDs, Open Satellite Radio, LoRaWAN 1.0.3, and More

This fortnight has been a strong one for the open RISC-V instruction set architecture, starting with the news that IIT Madras has partnered with Intel and HCL Technologies to create an I/O-packed microcontroller test chip in 22nm FinFET that takes aim at ARM Cortex A35/A55 and has successfully booted Linux… Read More