Bloomberg reports here that Supermicro motherboards were found to contain intrusion ICs traceable, via a supply chain attack, to the Chinese military. Several companies involved have issued denials according to NBC News.
NIST Document on IoT Security
ARM Announced Safety Initiative
AnandTech reports here on Arm’s announcement of its new initiative on safety-ready processors and tools.
Posting on Automotive Software Safety Problems
Phil Koopman’s excellent blog provides here a list of recent automotive software defects that result in safety problems.
Security Vulnerability in Smart Plug
McAfee reports here on a security vulnerability in an IoT smart plug. Thanks to schneier.com for their article on this subject.