CPU security flaws: DENSO handhelds are secure
Experts for mobile data collection give the all clear for their handheld terminals.
Fundamental processor flaws named Meltdown and Spectre revealed. / DENSO, part of the Toyota group and inventor of the QR Code, examined all their handhelds. / Popular BHT series by the experts for mobile data collection are not affected by the security flaws. / No DENSO handheld terminal is equipped with affected CPUs. / Further information on the secure handheld terminals, scanners, mobile data collection, powerful devices with RFID or NFC, the QR Code, and the DENSO Auto-ID Business Unit are available at https://www.denso-autoid-eu.com/en.html./
(firmenpresse) - Düsseldorf. Security researchers recently uncovered the massive processor flaws called Meltdown and Spectre. These security flaws affect almost all modern CPUs and allow hackers and malware to gain unauthorized access to memory areas of the CPU which can also be found in handheld terminals for mobile data collection. As a result, contents such as passwords, login data, and other sensitive information are at risk to be stolen.
Due to the current situation, DENSO, part of the Toyota group and inventor of the QR Code, has examined extensively all handheld terminals in their popular BHT series – with good news: None of their handhelds for mobile data collection are equipped with the affected CPUs. Hence, the DENSO handhelds are not affected by Meltdown and Spectre.
Sina Haupt, Marketing Assistant of the DENSO Auto-ID Business Unit, says: “Just as the news about the security flaws of the processors broke out, our technical engineers tirelessly went and checked all our existing handheld terminals. Some of our customers, for example from retail and logistics, were worried that our handhelds might be affected. We are glad that we can give them the all clear now for all our handheld terminals for mobile data collection.” Further information on the secure handheld terminals, scanners, solutions for mobile data collection, the QR Code, state-of-the-art devices with RFID or NFC, and the DENSO Auto-ID Business Unit are available at https://www.denso-autoid-eu.com/en.html.
The important contrast: out-of-order-execution and in-order-execution
The security flaws of the processors allow access to the memory, as can be found in modern handheld terminals, too. This, in turn, gives room to more than a dozen possible attacks, according to the security researchers. “For this, however, the devices that are to be attacked must have a very specific type of architecture”, explains Thomas Kurpjuweit, Technical Product Engineer at the DENSO Auto-ID Business Unit, part of the Toyota group and inventor of the QR Code.
The basic requirement to use the security flaws is the so-called out-of-order execution: In this process, the CPU does not necessarily follow commands as intended by the program code, but automatically optimizes the operations when carried out. That way, some commands can be executed at the same time, and the performance speed can be increased.
In contrast to out-of-order execution, there is in-order execution, in which the commands are strictly implemented according to the program protocol. It is precisely this contrast that makes the DENSO data collection devices secure: They all work with in-order execution. This means, the core features that make it possible to exploit the security flaws of the processors are not even built into the handhelds of the mobile data collection experts from DENSO. Further information on the secure handheld terminals, scanners, solutions for mobile data collection, the QR Code, innovative devices with RFID or NFC, and the DENSO Auto-ID Business Unit can be found at https://www.denso-autoid-eu.com/en.html.
Reliable CPUs to meet the high demands of the customers
“Reliable and tested CPUs are integrated into all our handheld terminals, making them efficient and power-saving – and above all secure,” explains Kurpjuweit. When planning and developing new handhelds and scanners, DENSO, part of the Toyota group and inventor of the QR Code, defines that the data collection device must not only be state-of-the-art but also stable and durable.
“When purchasing new scanners and handhelds, the user-device relationship must be the main focus,” stresses Haupt. “Our units for mobile data collection incorporate good and tested CPUs that meet the exact requirements that are critically important to our customers, for example from retail and logistics.”
DENSO has been working with many of their clients, for example from warehouses, logistics, retail, transport, and the health sector, for more than 20 years, and they always receive positive feedback. The IT decider of a supermarket chain sums it up perfectly: “To me, sensitive data entry is a matter of trust. We have been using DENSO for two decades and nothing is going to change that.” More information on the secure handheld terminals, scanners, solutions for mobile data collection, the QR Code, innovations with RFID or NFC, and the DENSO Auto-ID Business Unit are available at https://www.denso-autoid-eu.com/en.html.
For the European market, the DENSO Auto-ID Business Unit is the contact window for all enquiries on QR Codes, mobile data capture, handheld terminals, and scanners. The durable and robust terminals and scanners manufactured by DENSO are to be found in storage, logistics, at the POS, in production, and field & sales automation applications. Short and informative video clips about the terminals, scanners, and solutions from the DENSO Auto-ID Business Unit can now be viewed on YouTube. The clips include the 20th anniversary of the QR Code, a company presentation, and introductions to the various devices for mobile data capture such as the BHT-1500, BHT-1400 and the GT20 scanner. For more information, click on the link below: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHp4Yboj7IccPlSeRxQ6yBQ.
QR Code is a registered trademark of DENSO WAVE INCORPORATED.
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DENSO is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of mobile data capture devices. We follow one mission: Driven by Quality – maximum quality in mobile data capture. Decision-makers in the fields of retail, logistics and production rely on DENSO for their business requirements and in implementing the Internet of Things. DENSO is a member of the Toyota Group and is exclusively represented in Europe by the DENSO Auto-ID Business Unit of TT Network Integration Europe: http://www.denso-autoid-eu.com/en.html.
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