Data is quickly becoming the currency of the digital society, of which we are all now citizens. Let’s call that “Digitopia.” In Digitopia, companies and governments just can’t get enough data. There is real data obsession, which is directly leading to an unprecedented loss of privacy. And, that has been going on for a long time — […]
Following an exciting two days of MakerCon and on the eve of Maker Faire, the team of Atmel and Arduino have announced the launch of the Arduino Wi-Fi Shield 101, a shield that enables rapid prototyping of Internet of Things (IoT) applications on the highly-popular open-source platform. The cost-effective, secure Arduino Wi-Fi Shield 101 is an […]
In 1993, Doom was a revolutionary, incredibly popular game. Today, it’s being used by hackers like Context Information Security’s Michael Jordon to demonstrate security flaws in connected devices. Recently, a team of researchers successfully completed a four-monthlong hack that enabled them to access the web interface of a Canon PIXMA printer before modifying its firmware to run the classic ’90s computer game. During his […]
Home smart home! While we already know that the smart home market is prepared to take the world by storm in the near future, the underlying concern is whether or not they will be secure. Industry experts are predicting that more than one in 10 of homes will be ‘smart’ by the end of this year — this compared […]
The three hardware pillars of the Internet of Things (IoT) are microcontrollers, wireless chips, and security chips. What is cool about Atmel is that we make all three types of hardware. Atmel is on the ground floor of the Internet of Things (IoT). I was a pretty natural evolution, since the “Things” are really embedded […]
Over 20% of enterprises will have digital security services for business initiatives using Internet of Things (IoT) devices by 2017, new research from Gartner has revealed. The research firm has announced that over the next three or so years, approximately one in five enterprises will recognize the necessity to protect business units which use IoT devices, and as a result, […]
I have already noted the tiny full-function logic analyzer from Saleae. You can imagine my delight when I found this app note written by our security chip group on how to use the Saleae logic analyzer to debug the serial interface with one of our CryptoAuthentication chips, the ATSHA204. The ATSHA204A includes a 4.5Kb EEPROM […]
The World Cup and RoboCup have both come to an end. The Summer Olympics are still another two years away. So why are we heading to Brazil next week? The Embedded Systems Conference, of course! Held August 26-27th in São Paulo, Atmel is excited to be an exhibiting sponsor of this year’s ESC, which will bring together over 5,000 […]
Ever get lucky enough to hit a couple of green lights in a row on your morning commute? Well, it appears that it’s not so hard to make happen all the time. If you’re a hacker, at least. A team of security researchers from the University of Michigan, led by computer science professor J. Alex Halderman, found […]
Part 2 of The ABCs of ECDSA (“Sign-Here”) will describe how digital certificates are made and signed. In the previous article (The ABCs of ECDSA: Part 1), we examined the steps of ECDSA performing asymmetric authentication using digital certificates. You may have noticed that both Part 1 and Part 2 are in reverse chronological order; however, it makes better sense […]
