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Q&A: Joe FitzPatrick

Hardware security researcher Joe FitzPatrick explains how non-experts should assess claims of hardware implants and backdoors.

Hardware, Q&a

Decipher Podcast: Joe FitzPatrick

Dennis Fisher speaks with hardware security researcher Joe FitzPatrick about finding and verifying hardware implants.

Podcast, Hardware

DHS Warns Implanted Medical Devices Can Be Modified Wirelessly

The Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency warned in an advisory that cardio defibrillators from medical device company Medtronic can be modified while still implanted in patients. Without access control, the defibs can't differentiate between authorized and unauthorized instructions.

Hardware, Medical Devices

Into the Pandora’s Box of Hardware Implants

Joe FitzPatrick, one of the small number of hardware security experts, says security teams and operators need to ask hard questions when they see claims of malicious hardware implants.

Hardware

Scanning for Active IPv6 Hosts With UPnP

Security researchers and enterprise defenders have many Internet-wide scanning tools at their disposal. Researchers at Cisco Talos have developed a way to scan for hosts with IPv6 addresses using the UPnP protocol.

Ipv6, Internet, Iot Security, Internet of Things