This past summer, Engadget’s Violet Blue compiled a list of the top Mr. Robot hacks. These include deanonymizing Tor traffic, the installation of an Android rootkit, compromising an HVAC system using a Raspberry Pi, Bluetooth and text message spoofing, as well as the deployment of a keystroke-injection attack tool.
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Waging 21st century cyber-warfare
Cyber-warfare is emerging as the most sophisticated battleground of the 21st century. “In fact, the military in all major countries make it a priority,” Ernest Worthman of Semiconductor Engineering recently observed. “Collectively they are spending tens of billions of dollars on education and building a knowledgebase of how attacks can be perpetrated and what defenses are needed.”
Cryptography and the Internet of Everything (IoE)
Ernest Worthman of Semiconductor Engineering recently noted that the rapidly evolving Internet of Everything (IoE) requires a “new breed” of networks to handle data from billions of devices quickly and securely. “The terms ‘high performance’ and ‘high security’ are generally incompatible in the networking world because the security technology in use today bogs down network performance,” he explained.
Ecebs and Penrillian team up on smartcard apps
Penrillian and Ecebs have clinched an agreement to create a new mobile solution for the transport ticketing market. In this context, Ecebs is now Penrillian’s preferred Part 11 provider for its white-label Voyager app, which allows users to plan, purchase, download and top up tickets for public transport directly to a smartcard via their mobile device.
Brief memories and reflections on Marvin Minsky (1927–2016)
The recent death of MIT Professor Marvin Minsky at age 88—one of the pioneers and central figures in the field of artificial intelligence, the discipline seeking to make machines “intelligent”—brought to mind a number of memories. This is not the place for a full obituary of Minsky, but in brief: he earned degrees from Harvard and Princeton in mathematics (there was no academic computer science at the time) and spent several years in the Harvard Society of Fellows.
Rambus Ecebs & Penrillian Team Up On Mobile Ticketing
February 2016
Rambus Ecebs team up with Mobile Payment specialist Penrillian to deliver secure smart ticketing on mobile.
Rambus Ecebs & Penrillian team up on Smartard & App Solutions for the Transport Industry
Rambus Ecebs are delighted to announce the signing of a teaming agreement with Penrillian to enable the delivery of a new mobile solution to the transport ticketing market.
The agreement combines the two firms’ complementary technologies and cultures as they collaborate to deliver a fresh and flexible approach to transport operators, making travel simpler and quicker.
Under the terms of the agreement, Penrillian becomes Rambus Ecebs preferred ITSO Part 11 provider for its white-label Voyager app, which enables users to plan, purchase, download and top-up tickets and passes for public transport directly to a smartcard via their mobile device.
Rambus Ecebs is a market leader in smart technology, having developed the software at the heart of many existing smart ticketing systems. Penrillian is one of the world’s longest-established mobile developers, and its experience in the mobile payments domain created a natural fit for this joint offering.
Penrillian CEO Joanne Thompson says:
“Our development team benefited from the first-class support of the Rambus Ecebs technical team, so the integration process was very smooth and has allowed us to deliver ITSO compliance exceptionally quickly.”
Russell McCullagh, Managing Director at Rambus Ecebs, adds:
“Penrillian has proven to be an excellent partner in terms of its technical ability and professionalism in creating a simple-to-use yet powerful ticketing system for the ever increasing online market. I am delighted to welcome Penrillian to our growing Paragon RTD (Remote Ticket Download) Enabler Programme.”
Joanne Thompson concludes:
“While integration with Rambus Ecebs RTD enables additional new ticketing opportunities for Penrillian, we expect Penrillian to provide Rambus Ecebs with the established skills to deliver the mobile applications that the market needs – both today and in the future.”
