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It’s time for change: A new era at the edge

For years various industries have been restricted in their ability to process big data sets due to the limited bandwidth available for use in national infrastructure. Yet, the advent of 5G and fibre optic techniques that have expanded capability up to 800G have changed everything. The days of processing at a centralised data centre are […]

ISN generation vulnerabilities found in nine of eleven TCP/IP stacks, says Forescout Research Labs

Forescout researchers have discovered vulnerabilities in multiple TCP/IP stacks in which ISNs (Initial Sequence Numbers within TCP connections) are improperly generated. This is leaving devices’ TCP connections open to attacks. In a recent assessment, Forescout researchers analysed 11 total stacks: uIP, FNET, picoTCP, Nut/Net, lwIP, cycloneTCP, uC/TCP-IP, MPLAB Net, TI-NDKTCPIP, Nanostack, and Nucleus NET. Improperly […]

Using IoT to boost industries and support the wider economy

With the UK going into its first financial recession since 2009 as a consequence of COVID-19, many businesses are struggling to stay alive in the current business climate. Without the right technology and continuity processes in place, organisations were unable to adapt their models quickly enough to survive when they needed to. Now it’s a […]