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Hackers could exfiltrate data from an air-gapped device over an acoustic channel even if the targeted machine does not have any speakers, by abusing the power supply. [Read More]
The United States threatened Thursday to cut off Beijing-controlled China Telecom from serving the US market because of legal and security risks. [Read More]
Vulnerabilities in Lexus and Toyota cars could be exploited by hackers to launch remote attacks against affected vehicles, Tencent Keen Security Lab’s researchers discovered. [Read More]
U.S. Sen. Mark Warner has sent letters to six Internet networking device vendors urging them to ensure that their products remain secure during the COVID-19 social distancing efforts. [Read More]
Four major wireless U.S. carriers are developing a new single sign-on variant they believe will finally do away with passwords. [Read More]
T-Mobile is sending notifications to its customers to inform them of a data breach that resulted in some of their personal information being compromised. [Read More]
Threat actors linked to China increasingly targeted the telecommunications sector in 2019, according to endpoint security firm CrowdStrike. [Read More]
Cisco says it will release updates for wireless devices affected by the recently disclosed Kr00k vulnerability, including routers, firewalls, access points and phones. [Read More]
A new vulnerability dubbed Kr00k, which may have affected over 1 billion Wi-Fi capable devices before patches were released, could have allowed hackers to obtain sensitive data from wireless communications. [Read More]
A group of researchers at Ruhr-Universität Bochum and NYU Abu Dhabi have discovered a new attack on 4G and 5G mobile networks that can be used to impersonate users. [Read More]
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FEATURES, INSIGHTS // Wireless Security
Telecom service providers need protections for everything from their back-end networks to cell towers to billions of devices in users’ hands.
Enormous bandwidth increases of 5G, the rapid expansion of edge computing and countless new IoT devices introduce risk despite their intended benefit.
As we continue to increase our dependency on communications networks and technologies to move tremendous amounts of data, we open up greater potential for serious disaster should they be compromised.
Enterprises must find the right balance to deliver a mobile security environment that meets productivity and flexibility needs without putting devices, apps, or data at risk.
Security is a creature of habit. Security likes things to stay the same. Change brings chaos. Chaos is bad for security. But, we can help control the security of our environment by following good security habits.
Do you allow your employees to surf using open wireless networks from their phones or laptops? What are the easiest ways that attackers can sniff email or gain access to corporate information from these devices? What are the best ways to protect corporation information on the go?
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