Schneider Electric Modicon vulnerability impacts ICS operation in industrial settings

NewsBy Cristina MargarinoSeptember 6, 2018

Source: ZDNet  – September 6th, 2018   A security vulnerability discovered in Schneider Electric Modicon controllers has the potential to severely disrupt industrial equipment and networks. According to researchers from industrial cybersecurity firm Radiflow, the bug, tracked as CVE-2018-7789, “severely exposes the safety and availability of the ICS networks on which these devices were installed.” The vulnerability is present…

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Apple Self-Driving SUV Rear-Ended In Sunnyvale

NewsBy Cristina MargarinoSeptember 3, 2018

Source: KPIX5  – September 1st, 2018   One of Apple’s self-driving cars was rear-ended on the freeway. It’s Apple’s first self-driving vehicle crash, but experts say many autonomous car operators are reporting similar accidents. Cars going at least 50 miles per hour whiz down Lawrence Expressway in Sunnyvale, a testing area for Apple’s self-driving Lexus SUVs.…

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DARPA Expert Warns Autonomous Car Firms Aren’t Teaming Up on Safe A.I.

NewsBy Cristina MargarinoAugust 27, 2018

Source: INVERSE  – August 25th, 2018   Autonomous car development has a cooperation problem. That’s according to Hava Siegelmann, program manager of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (or DARPA), who claimed that the companies she’s spoken to are lukewarm about working together on making A.I. safer. “The next program that I’ve been working on is…

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Not All ADAS Vehicles Created Equal

NewsBy cristinaAugust 12, 2018

Source: EETimes  – August 8th, 2018   The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) earlier this week unveiled results, and insights gained, from tests to evaluate such ADAS features as adaptive cruise control (ACC) and lane-keeping assist (LKA). In the tests, performed both on the road and on test tracks, IIHS found that some models struggled…

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Software partnership delivers safe, secure in-car infotainment

NewsBy cristinaAugust 12, 2018

Source: Smart2Zero  – August 2nd, 2018   Green Hills Software and Paragon Software have integrated Paragon File System Link and Green Hills INTEGRITY RTOS to provide increased functionality for in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) systems. Paragon’s drivers allow vehicle owners to connect USB devices, SD cards, and other storage media directly to IVI systems. Paragon File System Link…

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