A major flaw has been uncovered in the chips that power most of the PCs and laptops made over the last ten years. The vulnerability, named ‘Foreshadow’ , was found by researchers to be within computer processors made by Intel since 2008. Security experts are warning that the bug might not only affect most of the computers we use, but in theory, would allow a hacker access to the files on our hard drive. They are also warning that the security hole could allow cyber crooks to compromise files stored in the cloud.
The Rising Need for Satellite Security
Satellites today contain highly complex embedded microelectronics systems complete with processing, data storage, and data receiving/transmitting capabilities. Further, they are controlled by ground stations, computers in data centers. They are therefore susceptible to threats prevalent in cloud computing architectures including insider threats, malicious downloads, etc. As such, satellite security must include access control to grant access to system resources only to authorized users, authentication
to verify the identity of a user or device, Availability to assure that a system will be usable when it needs to be, confidentiality to ensure that data is disclosed only to authorized systems or users, data integrity to ensure that data transmitted from a source is not modified, altered, or destroyed, and accountability to ensure that the system actions are logged with the identity of the entity initiating the action and the data and time the action occurred. Rambus security products, deployed in satellites and ground based equipment, are well suited to solve key security problems in each of these required areas of security functionality.
New smartphone tickets for rail customers
LOCAL rail users will soon be able to buy, store and use tickets directly from their smartphone using a pioneering mobile ticketing app. Developed by technology specialists, Rambus Inc, the new all-in-one solution is built into ScotRail’s existing app and enables customers to skip the queue at ticket vending machines by purchasing and downloading tickets directly to their smartphone.
Hardware Security Threat Rising
Martin Scott, senior vice president and CTO of Rambus, sat down with Semiconductor Engineering to talk about an increasing problem with security, what’s driving it, and why hardware is now part of the growing attack surface. What follows are excerpts of that conversation.
ScotRail launches smart mobile ticketing
ScotRail has announced the launch of a mobile ticketing pilot allowing customers to buy, store and use tickets directly from their smartphone.
ScotRail to trial smartphone tickets for trains
Train passengers on Scotland’s railways will soon be able to scan their way through ticket barriers, instead of printing off paper tickets. ScotRail is launching a new digital system which allows tickets to be bought online and downloaded on to smartphones.
