• Comments: Synopsys discovers potential DDoS vulnerability in 3 open-source MQTT message brokers that could compromise IoT devices

    Comments by: Jonathan Knudsen, Senior Security Strategist, at Synopsys Software Integrity Group Message brokers are software applications that serve as a messaging hub for complex systems. They provide reliable communication channels between different components, serving as the nerve center of a complex system. As such, message brokers can also be a central point of failure.…


  • Comments: 25 security flaws found in IoT and OT devices - Synopsys

    Comments: 25 security flaws found in IoT and OT devices – Synopsys

    Comments by: Boris Cipot, Senior Security Engineer, at Synopsys Software Integrity Group For many of us, IoT still feels like the technology of the future. However, we have in fact already adopted this technology, knowingly or unknowingly, and we are using it in our everyday lives. Heating regulators, cameras, doorbells, television sets, radios, watches, headphones,…


  • CyberArk Releases First-of-Its-Kind Privilege Deception Capabilities

    CyberArk Improves IoT Security with Forescout and Phosphorus

    Singapore – 24 November, 2020 – CyberArk, the global leader in privileged access management, has announced it is working with Forescout and Phosphorus to enable organizations to secure the increasing number of IoT devices and technologies resulting from digital business transformation. Customers can significantly reduce risk using the joint integration to continuously discover, secure and manage IoT devices connected to corporate networks.…


  • Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat launches Singapore’s Safer Cyberspace Masterplan 2020

    COVID-19 impact accelerates IoT projects in Singapore

    SINGAPORE – 12 November, 2020 – Companies in Singapore have identified the Internet of Things (IoT) as a key priority to address the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, a new study by Vodafone Business has revealed. According to Vodafone Business’ IoT Spotlight 2020 report, 86% of businesses that have already adopted IoT in Singapore are accelerating some IoT projects…


  • Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat launches Singapore’s Safer Cyberspace Masterplan 2020

    COVID-19 impact accelerates IoT projects in Singapore

    SINGAPORE – 12 November, 2020 – Companies in Singapore have identified the Internet of Things (IoT) as a key priority to address the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, a new study by Vodafone Business has revealed. According to Vodafone Business’ IoT Spotlight 2020 report, 86% of businesses that have already adopted IoT in Singapore are accelerating some IoT projects…


  • OPPO Signals Ambitious Expansion of IoT Ecosystem with Earphones, Debut TVs and Multiple Devices

    OPPO Signals Ambitious Expansion of IoT Ecosystem with Earphones, Debut TVs and Multiple Devices

    October 20, 2020, SINGAPORE – OPPO held its new “One More Step” product launch event that saw the debut of several new additions to its IoT ecosystem. These included the OPPO Enco X True Wireless Noise Cancelling Earphones, OPPO Watch RX[1], OPPO TV S1[2] and OPPO TV R1 series[3]. The launch of its latest series of products mark…


  • IoT Devices in the Workplace: Security Risks and Threats to BYOD Environments

    Vodafone Business and Landis+Gyr make energy management smart with the Internet of Things

    Singapore, 17 September, 2020 – Landis+Gyr, the leading global provider of integrated energy management solutions for the utility sector, and Vodafone Business, a leader in IoT with over 100m connections worldwide, announced a new strategic global agreement. The partnership will allow Landis+Gyr customers to connect their smart meters and smart grid applications to over 400 networks in 180 countries…


  • How 5G and IoT devices open up the attack surface on enterprises

    By: Derek Handova, Senior Technical Writer at Synopsys Software Integrity Group The fifth generation (5G) of cellular phone technology is upon us. You can hardly turn on your TV or stream a YouTube video without seeing an advertisement for 5G. Beyond the speed and latency advantages that 5G will offer for consumer mobile devices, the…


  • Nokia AVA

    Nokia partners with China Mobile to deliver IoT-based highway landslide alert platform

    Espoo, Finland – Nokia announced, in partnership with China Mobile/CMCC Guangxi, that it is delivering a landslide monitoring and early warning system for highways operations management company, BGIGC Group (Guangxi Beibu Gulf Investment Group Co. Ltd). Deployed on the G75 Lanzhou–Haikou Expressway, one of the main highways in Guangxi province, the system has already undergone…


  • Kaspersky detects more than 100 million attacks on smart devices in H1 2019

    Kaspersky detects more than 100 million attacks on smart devices in H1 2019

    Kaspersky honeypots – networks of virtual copies of various internet-connected devices and applications – have detected 105 million attacks on IoT devices coming from 276,000 unique IP addresses in the first six months of the year. This figure is around nine times more than the number found in H1 2018 when only around 12 million…