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Driving secure innovation: ISO/SAE 21434 & UNECE compliance

Driving secure innovation: ISO/SAE 21434 & UNECE compliance

ISO/SAE 21434 and UNECE R155/R156 standards reshape cybersecurity in software-defined vehicles. Compliance with these frameworks is essential for protecting consumers, ensuring vehicle safety, and driving innovation in the automotive industry.
CVE-2024-46947 & CVE-2024-47190 - SSRF issues in Mender Enterprise Server

CVE-2024-46947 & CVE-2024-47190 - SSRF issues in Mender Enterprise Server

Recently discovered security vulnerabilities in Mender Server have been fixed.
CVE-2024-46948 - Missing filtering based on RBAC device groups

CVE-2024-46948 - Missing filtering based on RBAC device groups

A customer recently notified us of a security issue in Mender. For users of RBAC and device groups, one specific API did not filter devices correctly.
Key takeaways from embedded world North America 2024

Key takeaways from embedded world North America 2024

The Mender team attended the first embedded world in North America to connect with industry leaders and discuss insights on IoT compliance, the CRA, RTOS vs. Linux for IoT, and the importance of secure OTA update orchestration.
Understanding the EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA): Why it matters and how to comply

Understanding the EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA): Why it matters and how to comply

The EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) was enacted in October 2024 and has impacted products with digital elements on the European market. Learn why CRA compliance is essential for manufacturers, the penalties for noncompliance, and how to meet the Act's cybersecurity standards.
How OTA updates enhance software-defined vehicles

How OTA updates enhance software-defined vehicles

Discover how OTA updates enhance software-defined vehicles by improving safety, reducing recalls, and delivering benefit to producers and consumers.

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Why is a robust over-the-air (OTA) update process critical in today’s digital age?

Why is a robust over-the-air (OTA) update process critical in today’s digital age?

Lessons learned from Crowdstrike: organizations must embed digital resilience throughout their device management lifecycle.
How to use over-the-air (OTA) updates & NVIDIA Jetson Microservices

How to leverage over-the-air (OTA) updates with NVIDIA Microservices for Jetson

Mender, in collaboration with NVIDIA, published two critical use cases, providing a step-by-step guide to over-the-air (OTA) updates with NVIDIA Jetson.
Software-defined vehicles: an ecosystem approach & OTA strategy | Mender

Software-defined vehicles: an ecosystem approach & OTA strategy

Learn how the automotive industry is shifting towards software-defined vehicles with an ecosystem approach and OTA strategy, embracing open source solutions for innovation and efficiency.
4 Challenges to Ensure Seamless OTA Updates Across Smart Vehicle Fleets | Mender

4 challenges to ensure seamless OTA updates across smart vehicle fleets

Explore the challenges faced by automakers in ensuring seamless OTA updates across smart vehicle fleets. Learn how to overcome safety, cybersecurity, compliance, and bandwidth issues effectively.
Driving Towards the Future: The Role of OTA Updates in Autonomous Vehicles | Mender

Driving Towards the Future: The Role of OTA Updates in Autonomous Vehicles

With the rise of autonomous vehicles, the automotive industry is experiencing a monumental transformation. As stated on Forbes, “Embarking on this industri
Monitoring a Fleet of IoT Devices: Key Areas of Focus | Mender

Monitoring a Fleet of IoT Devices: Key Areas of Focus

With the widespread adoption of IoT devices and their integration into critical infrastructure, safeguarding the security of these devices has become a par

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Enhancing maritime security and connectivity: The critical role of OTA updates in fleet management

Enhancing maritime security and connectivity: The critical role of OTA updates in fleet management

Explore the critical role of OTA updates in maritime fleet management, ensuring enhanced security, performance, and continuous connectivity across vessels.
Enhancing sustainability in oil & gas: Tackling methane emissions with cutting edge solutions

Enhancing sustainability in oil & gas: Tackling methane emissions with cutting edge solutions

Discover how Kuva Systems overcame challenges in managing methane emission monitoring cameras in the oil & gas industry with advanced OTA updates and remote troubleshooting.
How over-the-air (OTA) updates help emergency response teams

How over-the-air (OTA) updates help emergency response teams

Discover how over-the-air (OTA) updates revolutionize emergency response teams, ensuring secure and seamless device maintenance and functionality in critical situations.
Enhancing mobility and safety with smart OTA-enabled wheelchairs | Mender

Enhancing mobility and safety for citizens: a smarter power wheelchair can increase the user's independence and real-world technology inclusion

Users of conventional power wheelchairs can face some significant challenges, including avoiding collisions, drop-offs, and tips. Kevin Lannen, Senior Embe
Revolutionizing agriculture with autonomous robots & OTA software updates | Mender

Revolutionizing agriculture with autonomous robots & OTA software updates

Explore how Agrointelli pioneers autonomous farming with their versatile robots like the ROBOTTI, using Mender OTA updates to future proof and keep embedded systems online.
Autonomous guided vehicles and OTA software updates | Mender

Autonomous guided vehicles, embedded & OTA software updates

Christoph Tietz, Manager, Connectivity, ZF on the role of OTA software updates in autonomous guided vehicles

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Mender versioning: New releases by component

Mender versioning: New releases by component

Explore Mender's shift to independent component releases and versioning, designed to enhance update speed and user clarity.
What’s New in Mender 3.7: Introducing the C++ Client for portability

What’s New in Mender 3.7: Introducing the C++ Client for portability

Mender 3.7 includes all the features published on hosted Mender over the last few months as part of our continuous development and rolling release process.
Mender 3.6: Auto-generation of delta updates | Mender

Mender 3.6: Auto-generation of delta updates

Mender 3.6 is released, including all the features published on Hosted Mender in the last few months as part of our continuous development and rolling rele
Mender 2022: A Year in Numbers | Mender

Mender 2022: a year in numbers

Over-the-air (OTA) software updates continue to play a crucial role as technology continues to innovate and more devices are added to the connected, smart
Mender announces new partnership with Unikie | Mender

Mender announces new partnership with Unikie

We are pleased to announce a new partnership with Unikie. This partnership will enable key parts of secure device lifecycle management for Unikie's end cus
Mender 3.4 on-prem release: integrate Mender with AWS IoT Core and other backend services | Mender

Mender 3.4 on-prem release: integrate Mender with AWS IoT Core and other backend services

Today Mender 3.4 is released, including all the features we published on Hosted Mender in the last few months as part of our continuous development and rol

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How to leverage over-the-air (OTA) updates for NVIDIA Jetson Platform Services

How to leverage over-the-air (OTA) updates for NVIDIA Jetson Platform Services

To enable software installation, updates, management, and support across the Jetson device fleet and at scale – Mender, in collaboration with NVIDIA, published three critical use cases for NVIDIA developers.
First alpha version of Mender C++ client released | Mender

First alpha version of Mender C++ client released

We have reached the first milestone of the Mender client rewrite to C++: the first alpha version is now available! There are still a lot of features missin
Mender OTA on the ESP32, Part 2 | Mender

Mender OTA on the ESP32, Part 2

In the second of a two-part blog series, Josef Holzmayr, Head of Developer Relations, examines how community member Joël Guittet developed an integration f
Over-the-air (OTA) integration: Variscite VAR-SOM-MX8M-MINI and Yocto Kirkstone | Mender

Over-the-air (OTA) integration: Variscite VAR-SOM-MX8M-MINI and Yocto Kirkstone

The VAR-SOM-MX8M-MINI offers the latest video and audio experience, combining state-of-the-art media-specific features with high-performance processing opt
Over-the-air (OTA) integration: Renesas RZ/G2L and Yocto 3.1 Dunfell | Mender

Over-the-air (OTA) integration: Renesas RZ/G2L and Yocto 3.1 Dunfell

A guide for embedded hardware designers and developers to deploy and manage OTA software updates to a fleet of devices, using Renesas RZ/G2L and Yocto 3.1 Dunfell integrations.
Mender OTA on the ESP32, Part 1 | Mender

Mender OTA on the ESP32, Part 1

The “DNA” of Mender has two core ingredients: first, care about connected device security and second, care for the users responsible for device management.

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Driving secure innovation: ISO/SAE 21434 & UNECE compliance

Driving secure innovation: ISO/SAE 21434 & UNECE compliance

ISO/SAE 21434 and UNECE R155/R156 standards reshape cybersecurity in software-defined vehicles. Compliance with these frameworks is essential for protecting consumers, ensuring vehicle safety, and driving innovation in the automotive industry.
Understanding the EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA): Why it matters and how to comply

Understanding the EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA): Why it matters and how to comply

The EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) was enacted in October 2024 and has impacted products with digital elements on the European market. Learn why CRA compliance is essential for manufacturers, the penalties for noncompliance, and how to meet the Act's cybersecurity standards.

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Key takeaways from embedded world North America 2024

Key takeaways from embedded world North America 2024

The Mender team attended the first embedded world in North America to connect with industry leaders and discuss insights on IoT compliance, the CRA, RTOS vs. Linux for IoT, and the importance of secure OTA update orchestration.
What’s hot in the open source and embedded community?

What’s hot in the open source and embedded community?

AI, robotics, IoT, AVs, and more – 2024 is proving to be an exciting year for technology. And the open source and embedded tech community is no exception.
Transforming business: It’s “All On” for the future of IoT | Mender

Transforming business: It’s “All On” for the future of IoT

Insights from CES 2024 Billed as “the most powerful tech event in the world,” CES 2024 brought together more than 135 thousand attendees and four thousand
Full speed ahead: The software-defined vehicle of the future | Mender

Full speed ahead: The software-defined vehicle of the future

Distinguished panelists discuss infotainment and entertainment services for the software-defined vehicle. Automotive OEMs must innovate to move towards a s
The Future of the Embedded Linux Ecosystem | Mender

The Future of the Embedded Linux Ecosystem

Insights from the Linux Plumbers Conference 2023 The global Linux market is forecasted to reach $15.64 trillion by 2027, and commands usage among nearly ha
The Power of Embedded Open Source: EOSS 2023 Takeaways | Mender

The Power of Embedded Open Source: EOSS 2023 Takeaways

Last week, Northern.tech, the company behind Mender, participated in the Embedded Open Source Summit (EOSS) in Prague, connecting with attendees and presen

Recent posts in CVE

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CVE-2024-46947 & CVE-2024-47190 - SSRF issues in Mender Enterprise Server

CVE-2024-46947 & CVE-2024-47190 - SSRF issues in Mender Enterprise Server

Recently discovered security vulnerabilities in Mender Server have been fixed.
CVE-2024-46948 - Missing filtering based on RBAC device groups

CVE-2024-46948 - Missing filtering based on RBAC device groups

A customer recently notified us of a security issue in Mender. For users of RBAC and device groups, one specific API did not filter devices correctly.
CVE-2024-37019 - Account takeover using SAML

CVE-2024-37019 - Account takeover using SAML

CVE-2024-37019 is an account-takeover vulnerability in Mender Enterprise which was fixed in versions 3.6.4 and 3.7.4.
CVE-2022-45929 & CVE-2022-41324 — Improper access control for low-privileged users

CVE-2022-45929 & CVE-2022-41324 — Improper access control for low-privileged users

We recently discovered vulnerabilities in Mender Enterprise which relate to access control. Low-privileged read-only users had access to editing settings they were not supposed to edit and see potentially sensitive information which was not necessary.
CVE-2022-32290 - Mender Client listening on all the interfaces | Mender

CVE-2022-32290 - Mender Client listening on all the interfaces

We recently discovered a vulnerability in the Mender Client versions 3.2.0, 3.2.1, and 3.2.2. The client listens on a random, unprivileged TCP port and exp
CVE-2022-29555 and CVE-2022-29556 - vulnerabilities in iot-manager and deviceconnect | Mender

CVE-2022-29555 & CVE-2022-29556 - vulnerabilities in iot-manager and deviceconnect

We recently discovered two vulnerabilities in Mender, thanks to the security researchers April Chaire, Jeff Hofmann, Joey Perme, Nathaniel Singer and Matte

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