The evolution of Mirai could spell trouble for Windows business and home users

The infamous Mirai malware is now capable of targeting Windows systems, according to researchers at an antivirus firm. The original version of the malware was discovered in August 2016 and was used by cybercriminals to create botnets of infected Internet of Things (IoT) devices.

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Korea’s ETRI researchers develop 1GHz quad-core autonomous vehicle processor

Researchers from Korea’s Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) have developed a high performance processor for autonomous vehicles called Aldebaran.

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Sierra Wireless announces the availability of the FX30, a small, programmable and rugged IoT gateway

Sierra Wireless, a provider of fully integrated end-to-end solutions for Internet of Things (IoT) applications, announced the availability of the FX30, the industry’s smallest, most flexible and rugged programmable cellular gateway.

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Why the marriage of Linux and IoT has not been smooth sailing

25 years is a long time, especially in technology. Indeed, 1991 saw the appearance of the world’s first web page, and the introduction of the Notebook.

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Red Hat and Ericsson join forces to drive IoT, 5G and other next-generation solutions

Red Hat, Inc, the provider of open source solutions and Ericsson share a common belief in the power of open source to transform the ICT (information and communications technology) market.

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Hacker releases source code of Mirai DDoS Trojan after targeting the IoT this weekend

Over the weekend, a code was reportedly employed on a large number of Internet of Things (IoT) connected devices to form a botnet. The botnet was then deployed to attack websites with a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack.

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RealVNC collaborates with TestPlant to provide new automotive test automation solution

RealVNC, a global provider of VNC® remote access technology and premier MirrorLink supplier are proud to announce their latest collaboration with TestPlant, the maker of the eggPlant range of software quality tools.

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Fog computing gateways and cloud network solution launched for mobile and industrial enterprise IoT

LILEE Systems, a provider of advanced mobile connectivity solutions and emerging innovator in cloud-based network solutions, unveils its new platform for mobile and fixed distributed enterprises. These include bus fleets and retail franchises.

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Ultra low latency and efficient peer-to-peer solutions bring enterprise grade security to the IoT

Infotecs, an international cyber security and threat intelligence platform provider, is combining Infotecs’s ViPNet technology with the credit card-sized Raspberry Pi mini PC.

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Emerging platforms for better-integrated M2M deployments

To illustrate the work already being done, Part 2 of this IoT standards article lists five groups that are working to make it easier for M2M applications and devices from different vendors to discover and communicate over diverse networks.

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Eurotech wins $1.4 million contract in the United States with King County Metro

Eurotech, a supplier of embedded technologies, products and IoT systems, announced a contract with King County Metro Transit to deliver its mobile access router to buses in the greater-Seattle area.

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Cloud-scale DevOps powered by new Red Hat Cloud Suite and OpenStack Platform 8

Red Hat, Inc., a provider of open source solutions, announced the general availability of Red Hat Cloud Suite and Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8. This is designed to bridge the gap between development and operations teams at the scale of cloud computing.

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Microsoft Azure goes open source in IoT, as Eurotech partners with IBM

Microsoft is normally associated with proprietary technology that becomes a de facto industry standard. Therefore, the recent announcement that MS will support Kura and the open source Eclipse community came as a surprise, says Bob Emmerson, a freelance writer.

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New Wi-Fi transceiver module assures in-device co-existence with LTE

Alpha Micro is now shipping u-blox’s ultra-compact LILY-W1 single band 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi transceiver module.

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Eurotech launches the ReliaGATE 10-05, a compact and efficient IoT Gateway

Eurotech, a provider of embedded systems, machine-to-machine (M2M) platforms and Internet of Things (IoT) solutions, launched the ReliaGATE 10-05, a compact and efficient IoT Gateway for industrial applications that has been designed to comply with global certification requirements.

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How to build deep learning open source communities online

IoT Now asked Adam Gibson and Chris Nicholson, the founders of Deeplearning4j — the first commercial-grade, open source, distributed neural net library written for Java and Scala, with one of the most active communities on Gitter — to share their thoughts and lessons learned on open source community building.

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