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"iot security"

Vergil Yotov
15 June 2022

Master IoT software updates with validation sets on Ubuntu Core 22

Ubuntu Ubuntu tech blog

If you are packaging your IoT applications as snaps or containers, you are aware of the benefits of bundling an application with its dependencies. Publishing snaps across different operating system versions and even distributions is much easier than maintaining package dependencies. Automated IoT software updates make managing fleets of d ...

David Beamonte
15 June 2022

What you’re missing out if you don’t try Ubuntu Core 22

Internet of Things Ubuntu tech blog

Ubuntu Core is the operating system for IoT and edge Ubuntu Core, the Ubuntu flavour optimised for IoT and edge devices, has a new version available. With a 2-year release cadence, every new release is both an exciting and challenging milestone. Ubuntu Core is based on Ubuntu. It is open source, long-term supported (LTS), binary ...

Nathan Hart
29 March 2022

The Evolution of the Smart Home: Future Predictions [Part 3]

Internet of Things Ubuntu tech blog

In blogs one and two of this series, we covered how far we’ve come from the earliest smart homes, including older technologies and standards, and smart-home ideas that covered the gamut from innovative to total head-scratchers. We also covered the smart home landscape today, and what developments are on the immediate horizon. Here, we’ll ...

anastasiavalti
4 March 2021

Canonical keynote at Embedded World 2021: Bosch Rexroth achieves complete IoT automation with Ubuntu Core

Internet of Things Ubuntu tech blog

This year, we’re excited to be sponsoring Embedded World once again. We’re particularly thrilled to invite you to the speaker forum tomorrow, Friday the 5th, where one of our users will be walking you through their personal experience with Ubuntu. Bosch Rexroth will be giving a presentation entitled ‘Ubuntu Core for industry 4.0: Bosch Re ...

anastasiavalti
19 February 2021

Canonical & Ubuntu at Embedded World Virtual 2021

Internet of Things Ubuntu tech blog

Embedded World 2021 is just around the corner and we’re excited to be sponsoring and connecting with our fellow EW-ers once again. This time, the embedded community will be bigger than ever, as the event is (naturally) going digital. In fact, we’d like to extend a complimentary invite for you to join us there too! ...

cmoullec
24 April 2020

Ubuntu Core: a cybersecurity analysis

Internet of Things Ubuntu tech blog

An independent evaluation of Ubuntu Core’s security capabilities Manufacturers of Internet of Things (IoT) devices require an embedded operating system that is feature-rich, scalable, and — most importantly — secure. Built from the ground-up to meet these requirements, Ubuntu Core represents a comprehensive ecosystem for large-scale IoT d ...

Guest
9 April 2020

Ubuntu Core: an independent security analysis

Internet of Things Ubuntu tech blog

This is a guest blog by Trent R.Hein, Co-CEO of Rule 4. Once in a while an opportunity comes along that brings out our inner geek like no other, which is what happened when Canonical asked if we’d be willing to review the overall cybersecurity model of Ubuntu Core and its ecosystem. We’re no strangers ...

Eric Jensen
26 April 2019

Ubuntu is the #1 embedded Linux for IoT

Internet of Things Ubuntu tech blog

The results are in! Eclipse.org recently published their 2019 IoT Developer Survey. Ubuntu is again the top choice for embedded & IoT, with our cousins Raspbian and Debian taking 2nd and 3rd respectively. The numbers fall off pretty steeply after that. 😉 For those who create embedded products or solutions, the message couldn’t be more ...

Sarah Dickinson
26 February 2019

Securing IoT device data against physical access

Internet of Things Ubuntu tech blog

Security remains the number one concern when designing and deploying IoT devices. High profile breaches continue to occur and concerns cease to subside. For any organisation, security needs to be front of mind and considered from the start – not as an afterthought. Having no mechanism in which to address security concerns can be as ...

Dustin Kirkland
4 January 2018

Ubuntu Updates for the Meltdown / Spectre Vulnerabilities

Canonical announcements Ubuntu tech blog

  For up-to-date patch, package, and USN links, please refer to: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/KnowledgeBase/SpectreAndMeltdown   Unfortunately, you’ve probably already read about one of the most widespread security issues in modern computing history — colloquially known as “Meltdown” (CVE-2017-5754) and “Spectre” (CVE-2017-5753 an ...

Canonical
23 March 2017

Out of date software leaves you vulnerable

Internet of Things Ubuntu tech blog

Two weeks ago, Der Spiegel wrote an article highlighting that out of date software on private clouds was leaving government and political party information vulnerable to being hacked. Given that political organisations being targeted is currently such a hot topic, it is somewhat of a surprise how widespread this issue appears to be. After ...

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