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    December 2, 1999

    Cyber-Kinetic Attacks: Safeguarding the Physical World from Digital Threats

    Cyber-kinetic attacks are not science fiction but an emerging reality, as early incidents and government exercises have shown. This paper introduced the term to crystallize the concept that digital attacks can have deadly real-world effects. We have outlined how the rise of connected cyber-physical systems demands a commensurate evolution in…
    April 9, 2019

    5G Critical Infrastructure – the Most Critical of All

    Not even 30 years separate us from the end of the Cold War. Yet, we appear to be witnessing the emergence of a new one, a technology Cold War between the United States and China. This time, instead of a ‘red under the bed’, the US government has declared there…
    January 11, 2018

    Stuxnet and the Birth of Cyber-Kinetic Weapons

    Stuxnet was the first true cyber-kinetic weapon, designed to cripple the Iranian – and perhaps also the North Korean – nuclear weapon programs. It succeeded in slowing the Iranian program, although it was discovered before it could deal the program a fatal blow. Its significance goes far beyond what it…
    January 2, 2018

    Navigating a Safe Course Through Maritime Cyberattacks

    The open seas have long attracted those who yearned for adventure. The risk of pitting oneself against a vast and unforgiving sea has tested sailors’ mettle for millennia. It’s not surprising that the maritime industry is one that thrives on facing – and overcoming – risks. But, as technology increasingly…

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    • 5G Security5G Connectivity Security
      Marin IvezicOctober 8, 2019

      5G Network: A Quantum Leap in Connectivity – and Cyber Threats

      The timeline of human history is marked by inflection points of major technological advancement. The plow, the printing press, the telegraph, the steam engine, electricity, the telephone, the internet: each of these breakthroughs precipitated tectonic shifts in how people lived and worked. Now, in the early part of the 21st century, we stand witness to the birth of a new industrial revolution built on 5th…

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    • 5G SecurityNFC Cybersecurity
      Marin IvezicSeptember 5, 2019

      NFC Security 101 (Non-5G IoT Connectivity Options)

      NFC is a short range two-way wireless communication technology that enables simple and secure communication between electronic devices embedded with NFC microchip. NFC technology operates in 13.56 megahertz and supports 106, 212, or 424 Kbps throughput. There are three available modes of NFC communication: Read/write (e.g. for reading tags in NFC posters) Card emulation (e.g. for making payments) Peer-to-peer (e.g. for file transfers) There is no need for…

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    • 5G SecurityRFID Cybersecurity
      Marin IvezicAugust 28, 2019

      RFID Security 101 (Non-5G IoT Connectivity Options)

      Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) is a technology commonly used for identification, status administration and management of different objects. It is important for people identification, as it is commonly deployed in the latest biometric passports.  It operates in several frequency bands like Low frequency band from 125 kHz to 134 kHz, High frequency band with 13.56MHz working frequency, Ultra-high frequency band with 433 MHz working frequency and 860…

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    • 5G SecurityWi-Fi Cybersecurity
      Marin IvezicAugust 21, 2019

      Wi-Fi Security 101 (Non-5G IoT Connectivity Options)

      The Wi-Fi represents wireless technology that includes the IEEE 802.11 family of standards (IEEE 802.11a, IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g, IEEE 802.11n, IEEE 802.11ac, etc.). Within 50m range, it operates in 2.4 GHz and 5GHz frequency bands,. This technology was developed for wireless networking of computer devices and is commonly called WLAN (Wireless Local Area Network), where the communication is realized between wireless routers typically connected…

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    • 5G SecurityBluetooth Cybersecurity
      Marin IvezicAugust 17, 2019

      Bluetooth Security 101 (Non-5G IoT Connectivity Options)

      Bluetooth is short-range wireless communications technology based on the IEEE 802.15.1 protocol. It works in a crowded license free 2.4 GHz frequency band and shares this resource with many other technologies. Bluetooth is the optimal solution for establishing small wireless networks called Piconets, by connecting two Bluetooth devices. One of these nodes is Master that can be connected via Bluetooth link to 7 other Bluetooth…

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    • 5G SecurityZigbee Security
      Marin IvezicAugust 10, 2019

      Zigbee Security 101 (Non-5G IoT Connectivity Options)

      Zigbee technology introduction Zigbee is wireless PAN (Personal Area Network) technology developed to support automation, machine-to-machine communication, remote control and monitoring of IoT devices. It evolved from IEEE 802.15.4 wireless standard and supported by the ZigBee Alliance. IEEE 802.15.4 standard determines specifications for the physical and data link layer and Zigbee Alliance provides standards from network layer to application layer. While Zigbee determines the contents…

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    • 5G SecurityLoRaWAN IoT Security
      Marin IvezicAugust 7, 2019

      LoRaWAN Security 101 (Non-5G IoT Connectivity Options)

      I get accused of focusing too much on 5G as the only future IoT connectivity option. I do write a lot about how 5G will revolutionize our society, become the most critical of critical infrastructures and about security threats with 5G. I see 5G, with its low latency, high bandwidth, network slicing and ubiquitous coverage becoming the foundational capability for mission critical industrial, agricultural, financial,…

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    • 5G Security5G Critical Infrastructure
      Marin IvezicApril 9, 2019

      5G Critical Infrastructure – the Most Critical of All

      Not even 30 years separate us from the end of the Cold War. Yet, we appear to be witnessing the emergence of a new one, a technology Cold War between the United States and China. This time, instead of a ‘red under the bed’, the US government has declared there is one at the back door. It accuses Chinese technology companies of deliberately building vulnerabilities…

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