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IoT
Understanding the Ecosystem of Smart Cities for the Purpose of Security Testing
A look at the various components that make up Smart Cities with the goal of having a model to help better understand the various security concerns as we plan for our Smart City future.
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Public Policy
Cybersecurity in the Infrastructure Bill
This post provides highlights on cybersecurity in recent infrastructure legislation. Cybersecurity is essential to ensure modern infrastructure is safe, and Rapid7 commends Congress and the Administration for including cybersecurity in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.
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Rapid7 Perspective
Attention Humans: The ROBOT Attack
What’s the ROBOT Attack?
On the afternoon of December 12, researchers Hanno Böck, Juraj Somorovskym and
Craig Young published a paper, website, testing tool, and CTF at robotattack.org
[https://robotattack.org] detailing a padding oracle attack that affects the way
cryptography is handled on secure websites. ROBOT, which stands for Return Of
Bleichenbacher's Oracle Threat, details a weakness in the RSA encryption
standard known as PKCS#1v1.5 that can ultimately allow an attacker to learn a
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