Hardware is the new software
by Candice Jones, 14 May
Hardware hacking has flown under the radar, but a good hardware attack can have serious repercussions.
This is according to international security guru and president of Grand Idea Studio, Joe Grand, who says attention to hardware hacking is 10 years behind the awareness given to software.
During this week's ITWeb Security Summit, in Sandton, Grand explained that in the early days of software attacks, vendors did not like to be told that their products were vulnerable. “They would either brush it off, or blow it out of proportion and try to sue you to prevent the information from being released.”
He noted that hardware vendors are now having the same reaction that software creators had 10 years ago. However, this mindset needs to change, because hardware attacks can have very real consequences, Grand added.
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