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Hackers may be able to falsify patient vitals by messing with the traffic on hospital networks. Research from McAfee shows it’s possible to emulate and modify a patient’s vital signs in real time on a medical network using a patient monitor and a central monitoring station. Most patient monitoring systems comprise a minimum of two…
Analysis LPWAN – low power wide area network – is the proposed connectivity tech of choice for powering the Internet of Things – and it comes in many flavours. An IDTechEx Research report put it into perspective recently, when it predicted that there will be 2.7 billion LPWAN IoT connections by 2029. What we are…
Audio IoT networking firm Chirp has convinced Microsoft to integrate its tech into the Azure IoT platform. Chirp’s hookup with Microsoft’s Azure IoT platform comes a few weeks after it rolled out a free tier for SDK access. CTO James Nesfield told us: “We’re able to add a really elegant onboarding capability without adding to…
Analysis Apple may have finally concluded that its attempt to force people to use only its technology to control their smart-home automation equipment is doomed to failure. This week, the computing giant popped up as a member of the Google-led Thread Group, sparking speculation over whether Apple’s HomeKit will support the low-power mesh networking protocol.…
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation has offered advice on securing Internet of Things devices to prevent “Cyber Actors” using your garage door for nefarious purposes. The cheat sheet, following hot on the heels of tips on how to fend off cyber attacks last year, includes an explanation of what a Cyber Actor is (sadly,…
Arm – the designer of processors used in billions of gadgets, smartphones, and other devices – has launched a new Internet-ofThings platform that it claims will be able to handle any data from any device on any cloud. There’s no shortage of organizations offering IoT solutions, but Arm claims its Pelion IoT platform stands out…
Qualcomm has abandoned its long-planned, long-stalled $44bn acquisition of Dutch chip maker NXP Semiconductors – and in its place, Qualy today announced a $30bn share buyback. That was part one of Qualcomm’s double-whammy Wednesday. Here’s the second-half: Qualcomm’s chief financial officer George Davis said on a conference call with analysts that Apple will drop Qualcomm’s…
Can we overcome the SOHOpeless security of the Internet of Things at the home and small business level? An Internet-Draft from Ericsson engineer Mohit Sethi suggests so. Sethi’s ambitious proposal isn’t destined for the hall of internet standards. Instead, it sets out a possible way to get IoT gadgets connected securely to the local network…
Analysis What exactly is the Internet of Things? According to Gartner and IDC, it’s a network of endpoints capable of interacting with each other and the world via IP connectivity. Consultant McKinsey & Company defines IoT as sensors and actuators embedded in physical objects, from roadways to pacemakers, that churn out huge amounts of data.…