After hardening Windows, Macintosh, and a Linux flavor which is truly toughest?

As a junior security candidate I am under the impression of all these misleading videos and SEO enriched articles full of some of the same copy and pasted top results and really need a better under standing or a foundation for better exper… Continue reading After hardening Windows, Macintosh, and a Linux flavor which is truly toughest?

Allow the use of camera phones in the manufacturing facilities; but then how do I maintain the security of the premises

What are the best practices to be followed to maintain security in the manufacturing site where camera phones are allowed?
I’m working on one of the largest manufacturing facility where few of the R&D/IT/HR team sits in the same shop f… Continue reading Allow the use of camera phones in the manufacturing facilities; but then how do I maintain the security of the premises

Has there ever been a case of dangerous industrial malware, which would destroy motherboards and similar PC components and how to protect [duplicate]

I heard many years ago from word of mouth that this kind of malware exists, which could for example blow up capacitors in your PC.

Has such malware or something even remotely similar ever existed?

How do you technically detect such malwa… Continue reading Has there ever been a case of dangerous industrial malware, which would destroy motherboards and similar PC components and how to protect [duplicate]

After EOL, can safety-critical systems be secured when connected to internet-connected components? [Automotive]

NOTE: This was originally asked on the main StackOverflow site, but now moved here because of the security nature of the question.
Since internet-connected Infotainment Systems are now connected with other components of a car… Is it pos… Continue reading After EOL, can safety-critical systems be secured when connected to internet-connected components? [Automotive]

Is there a fullproof way to safely erase SSD data, without physically destroying it?

During my search for an answer to this question I found that TRIM may not be reliable(https://blog.elcomsoft.com/2019/01/life-after-trim-using-factory-access-mode-for-imaging-ssd-drives/)as well as the ATA secure erasure, some have even sa… Continue reading Is there a fullproof way to safely erase SSD data, without physically destroying it?