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It goes without saying that IT security is a top priority for a company like Airbus. With 'Airbus Cybersecurity', the aviation company also offers its expertise externally.
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It goes without saying that IT security is a top priority for a company like Airbus. With 'Airbus Cybersecurity', the aviation company also offers its expertise externally.

The EU project "Protecting Digital Industries" will be launched shortly. It aims to make the digital world more secure by enabling automated risk management of IoT systems. Fujitsu is responsible for the technical management.

Only 53% of Germans have protection software against cyber attacks on their smartphone - despite the fact that the number of malware programs detected is increasing daily. Deutsche Telekom now wants to intercept threats in the mobile network with its security solution.

What is the IT security situation in Germany? Which methods are used most frequently in cyberattacks? The status report presented by the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) answers these and other questions.

Security service providers are warning of a new powerful botnet based on the code of the well-known malware 'Mirai'. Hundreds of thousands of devices are said to have already been infected.

There is a potentially dangerous gap in the WLAN encryption WPA2. This is why more and more manufacturers are releasing their 'patches'. However, many devices will apparently never receive a patch, fears the discoverer of the gap.

One day after the security vulnerability in WLAN encryption became known, the first providers of devices and software have closed the vulnerability. Network technology specialists such as Cisco, Intel, Netgear and Aruba have released security updates.
More transparency, security and efficiency: this is the aim of the 'Trusted IoT Alliance' - a new alliance around blockchain and related technologies that Bosch has founded with international partners. The company presented an initial application scenario.

Cyber attacks in the 1st half of 2017
According to Kaspersky, around one in three cyberattacks on computers for industrial control systems in the first half of 2017 targeted companies in the manufacturing sector. Ransomware such as WannaCry played a major role in this.

Siemens has announced that it is locating its global research into autonomous robotics in China. The company is also entering into a partnership with Tsinghua University and is jointly establishing a research center for robotics in Beijing.