• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Oct-25-2016
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Critical account creation flaws patched in popular Joomla CMS

The Joomla developers are warning website administrators to apply an update for the popular content management system that fixes two critical vulnerabilities.The flaws are serious enough that the Joomla project released a prenotification about the p... Read More

• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Oct-25-2016
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on ARM builds up security in the tiniest IoT chips

IoT is making devices smaller, smarter, and – we hope – safer. It’s not easy to make all those things happen at once, but chips that can help are starting to emerge.On Tuesday at ARM TechCon in Silicon Valley, ARM […]

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• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Oct-25-2016
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Schneider Electric PLC simulator flaw exposes workstations to hacking

The software used to program and deploy code to various Schneider Electric industrial controllers has a weakness that could allow hackers to remotely take over engineering workstations.The software, known as Unity Pro, runs on PCs used by engineers ... Read More

• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Oct-25-2016
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on US transport agency guidance on vehicle cybersecurity irks lawmakers

Guidance from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration for improving motor vehicle cybersecurity has attracted criticism from lawmakers who said that mandatory security standards were required.
“This new cybersecurity guidance from the Department of Transportation is like giving a take-home exam […]

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