Security News > 2018 > April

Clear Scope for Conflict Between Privacy Laws
2018-04-24 14:45

The Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data Act, or CLOUD Act, was enacted into U.S. federal law on March 23, 2018. It had been attached, at page 2212 of 2232 pages, to the omnibus spending bill,...

Vulnerability in NVIDIA Tegra Chipsets Allows for Code Execution
2018-04-24 14:38

A vulnerability in NVIDIA's Tegra chipsets allows for the execution of custom code on locked-down devices, security researcher Kate Temkin reveals. read more

Securing smart factories: How Schneider Electric connects devices and prevents outages
2018-04-24 14:36

In the industrial IoT, factories and data centers face two main barriers: connectivity and poor electrical infrastructure.

Police try (and fail) to unlock phone with a dead man’s finger
2018-04-24 14:16

The practice doesn't require a warrant but it left relatives feeling "disrespected and violated."

Medic! Orangeworm malware targets hospitals worldwide
2018-04-24 14:00

Hacking campaign goes after care providers and equipment If there's one thing security vendors love it's a catchilly-named piece of malware to whip up fervor over, and boy is it a good day to be Symantec.…

Whitepaper: DNS Threat Intelligence vs. AI Network Security
2018-04-24 13:52

The Domain Name System (DNS) turns a user-friendly domain name into an IP address that computers use to identify each other. DNS is unencrypted by default. Most security vendors still heavily rely...

SunTrust: 1.5 Million Clients' Details Potentially Stolen
2018-04-24 13:33

Blame Insider Theft, 'Not a Data Breach,' Claims Atlanta Bank's CEOGreat news: "SunTrust to offer free identity protection ... at no cost on an ongoing basis." Of course, nothing comes for free,...

Symantec: 'Orangeworm' Group Hits Healthcare Organizations
2018-04-24 13:33

Custom Backdoor Lands on X-Ray and MRI MachinesLarge healthcare companies in the U.S., Europe and Asia are getting hit with a backdoor that comes from a long-observed group, which Symantec calls...

Ex-Reddit mogul apologizes for making the world ‘a worse place’
2018-04-24 13:16

"[Reddit] is awful and it’s gonna get worse."

Nintendo Switches Hacked to Run Linux—Unpatchable Exploit Released
2018-04-24 12:48

Two separate teams of security researchers have published working proof-of-concept exploits for an unpatchable vulnerability in Nvidia's Tegra line of embedded processors that comes on all...