Chinese and Russian hackers have turned their focus to edge devices — like VPN appliances, firewalls, routers and Internet of Things (IoT) tools — amid a startling increase in espionage attacks, according to Google security firm Mandiant. The company published the findings as part of its annual report on cyber investigations Mandiant was involved in […]
Mar 27, 2024NewsroomVulnerability / API Security A now-patched security flaw in the Microsoft Edge web browser could have been abused to install arbitrary extensions on users’ systems and carry out malicious actions. “This flaw could have allowed an attacker to exploit a private API, initially intended for marketing purposes, to covertly install additional browser extensions […]
The potential for AI workloads at the edge is growing, with two vendors introducing new servers this month. Custom storage vendor Unigen released a ruggedized, compact edge AI server known as Cupcake, and Lenovo released its ThinkEdge SE455 V3 server. Both products aim to achieve a similar goal: making trained AI models actionable at the […]
A Chinese state-sponsored APT called BlackTech has been caught hacking into network edge devices and using firmware implants to stay hidden and silently hop around the corporate networks of U.S. and Japanese multinational companies. According to a high-powered joint advisory from the NSA, FBI, CISA and Japan’s NISC, BlackTech has been observed modifying router firmware […]
The edge computing market is growing rapidly, driven by the need for real-time analytics, new edge technologies and rising costs in the public cloud. But what is edge? There are many definitions of the edge, from remote offices and manufacturing sites — sometimes called near edge — to communications towers, IoT devices and autonomous vehicles […]