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Forbes – Information security companies sometimes get blow back from legitimate research that might at first be seen as an unnecessary embarrassment to an entire industry, then in retrospect understood as a necessary—if painful– first step. “If you look at the automotive industry,” said Jennifer Sunshine Steffens, CEO of IOActive, a security company which is celebrating its 20th year this year, “we had been doing work in automotive security research for years. But it took one video going viral — and the talks that came from it — to wake…

AuthO – While humans traditionally have staffed assembly lines, prepped and served food, and entered data into spreadsheets — more and more, machines are taking over these tasks.

Dark Reading – You might look at an old fax machine or dusty printer and just see out-of-date technology that you can’t even use to send email. You might look at the company mailroom as just a place to collect unsolicited junk mail you’ll soon throw in the trash. Attackers may see something different: vulnerabilities, often ignored by your security department. Cyberrattacks on non-computer vectors are more common than you think.

Techspective – There are a variety of potential benefits for cities that embrace technology. “Smart cities” can implement technology to streamline functionality and improve efficiency in a number of ways from detecting when a public parking lot is full to enabling remote wireless control of traffic signals. Of course, connecting the infrastructure of a city and making it remotely accessible and manageable also exposes it to potential risk and malicious activity.

ZDnet – As researchers turn their attention to vehicles, we’ve seen everything from sending drivers into a ditch to brakes which suddenly won’t work.