Security News > 2018 > May

White House Eliminates Cybersecurity Position
2018-05-17 11:23

The White House has eliminated the cybersecurity coordinator position. This seems like a spectacularly bad idea....

Google Offers Free DDoS Protection for U.S. Political Organizations
2018-05-17 10:16

Jigsaw, an incubator run by Google parent Alphabet, this week announced the availability of Project Shield – which offers free distributed denial of service (DDoS) protections – for the U.S....

Nethammer—Exploiting DRAM Rowhammer Bug Through Network Requests
2018-05-17 10:03

Last week, we reported about the first network-based remote Rowhammer attack, dubbed Throwhammer, which involves the exploitation a known vulnerability in DRAM through network cards using remote...

Hackers Steal '$15.3 Million' From Mexico Financial System
2018-05-17 09:59

Hackers who targeted Mexico's interbank payment system made off with more than $15 million in the past several weeks, the Bank of Mexico said Wednesday. The amount of funds involved in the...

Deleted WHOIS Data: An Unintended Consequence of GDPR
2018-05-17 09:54

GDPR Will Impact the Availability of WHOIS Data to Security Researchers and Investigators read more

Blighty's super-duper F-35B fighter jets are due to arrive in a few weeks
2018-05-17 09:49

Defence Secretary compares them to... WW2 Lancasters. Just a sec there, Gav Britain's first permanently based F-35B fighter jets are due to arrive in our green and pleasant land in June.…

U.S. Jury Convicts Operator of Counter AV Service Scan4You
2018-05-17 06:14

A 37-year-old Latvian resident was convicted by a U.S. jury on Wednesday for his role in the operation of a counter antivirus service named Scan4You. Sentencing is scheduled for September 21. read more

Russian malware harvesting Telegram Desktop creds, chats
2018-05-17 04:58

Python pogrommer may have outed himself on YouTube Already under attack by Russia's telecommunications regulator, a new source of woe has emerged for crypto-chat app Telegram: malware.…

Oh, great, now there's a SECOND remote Rowhammer exploit
2018-05-17 01:35

Send enough crafted packets to a NIC to put nasties into RAM, then the fun really starts Hard on the heels of the first network-based Rowhammer attack, some of the boffins involved in discovering...

DOJ convicts second bloke for helping malware go undetected
2018-05-17 00:25

Scan scam? Scram The US Federal government has got its second conviction in the dismantling of a service that helped malware writers get around security software.…