Tag: Security

Get the latest news on developments in the wider community and topics including wireless, embedded and open source silicon.

Disclose.io Aims to Protect Security Researchers

A group of developers, lawyers, and security researchers have joined forces to launch disclose.io, an effort to produce a standardised framework for security disclosures which provide protections for good-faith researchers and the companies whose products they analyse. The field of security research can be a lucrative one: many companies offers… Read More

CRU: ORConf 2018, Quantum Education, KiCad 5.0, and More

An initial programme for ORConf 2018, the open-source digital design conference to be held in Gdansk, Poland this September, has been published – and there are some big names showing off the state of the art on the schedule. While there are more speakers yet to be announced, the initial… Read More

CRU: Trusted Computing, OsmoCon, and Bob Pease Books

The Trusted Computing Group, in partnership with Embedded Computing Design and OpenSystemsMedia, has launched a new website which aims to provide developers with the tools and resources to integrate trusted platforms for embedded and Internet of Things (IoT) projects. The site, which is configured as a searchable blog, provides information… Read More

Trusted Computing Group Launches IoT Developer Resource Site

UK Government Publishes “Secure by Design” IoT Policy

The Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport of the UK Government has published a policy paper on the development and sale of Internet of Things (IoT) devices from a security perspective, dubbed “Secure by Design.” “We want everyone to benefit from the huge potential of internet-connected devices and it… Read More

IETF Draft Proposes IoT Firmware Update Standard

The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) has received a proposal for a cross-vendor standard designed to offer a solid and secure mechanism for updating the firmware of Internet of Things (IoT) devices in the field. Written by Arm engineers Brendan Moran, Milosch Meriac, and Hannes Tschofenig, the draft – titled… Read More

CRU: LMS8001 Companion, Security Alerts, 14nm RISC-V, and More

The LimeSDR open-source software defined radio (SDR) project has received a boost, quite literally, in the form of the frequency-extending LMS8001 Companion Board, announced as part of the LimeSDR Mini crowdfunding campaign. Built around a Lime Microsystems LMS8001 frequency shifter chip, the Companion Board allows any LimeSDR module –… Read More

CRU: RISC-V Calls for Papers, Industrial Hardware, Equipment Hacking, and More

Calls for papers have gone out for the 7th RISC-V Workshop and the first Workshop on Computer Architecture Research with RISC-V (CARRV), both to be held in the US later this year. The 7th RISC-V Workshop, its organisers have confirmed, is to take place on the 28th to the 30th… Read More

Community Round-Up: Liverpool LoRaWAN, RISC-V Events, SHAttered, Linux 4.10, DeviceHive, FPGA Tips, Kaspersky OS, and LimeNET

Technology journalist Gareth Halfacree is running the AB Open Community Round-Up series, offering a fortnightly glimpse at what’s happening in and around open source hardware and software, wireless and related topics. Community wireless effort The Things Network is a little larger today thanks to the official launch of The… Read More

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Community Round-Up: RISC-V Boards and Emulators, Harvey OS, Embedded Security Advice, and Open-Source Quantum Computing

Technology journalist Gareth Halfacree is running the AB Open Community Round-Up series, offering a fortnightly glimpse at what’s happening in and around open source hardware and software, wireless and related topics. It’s been a great start to the year for the open-source processor architecture RISC-V starting with the release of… Read More