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BSI study: Industrial IoT microcontrollers are vulnerable
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The BSI publishes a study on possible attacks on microcontrollers that are installed in industrial IoT in the aviation or automotive sectors in particular. The study shows that several attacks on microcontrollers are possible, but can be prevented with the right software. The Fraunhofer Institute AISEC prepared the study "A Study on Hardware Attacks against Microcontrollers" on behalf of the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI), which presents the current status of hardware attacks on microcontrollers. Study shows attack possibilities The publication describes easy-to-implement countermeasures that can prevent many attacks or reduce the effort for…

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Bluetooth locks cracked with chip cans
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Fraunhofer researchers crack Bluetooth locks from Tapplock. A self-made directional antenna made of potato chip boxes and two standard mini-computers are sufficient to crack Bluetooth locks from the US manufacturer Tapplock in seconds. This has been proven by researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Secure Information Technology SIT in Darmstadt. The manufacturer was informed of the weaknesses and has since remedied them in one of its models. Bluetooth locks cracked in seconds Cumbersome rummaging for the bike lock or locker key is no longer necessary with a modern Bluetooth lock: You simply lock the lock with your fingerprint or an app on your smartphone that can be accessed via Bluetooth Low ...

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BSI plans AI certification “Made in Germany”
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Safe design of artificial intelligence: AI certification “Made in Germany”. Fraunhofer IAIS and the Federal Office for Information Security BSI start strategic cooperation to develop test methods for the certification of artificial intelligence systems. In the presence of NRW Digital Minister Prof. Dr. Andreas Pinkwart, Arne Schönbohm, President of the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI), and Prof. Dr. Stefan Wrobel, head of the Fraunhofer Institute for Intelligent Analysis and Information Systems IAIS, today signed a cooperation agreement to promote the development of an AI certification "Made in Germany". The aim of the cooperation is to develop test methods that can be used as…

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