Security News > 2018 > May

Details on a New PGP Vulnerability
2018-05-14 18:36

A new PGP vulnerability was announced today. Basically, the vulnerability makes use of the fact that modern e-mail programs allow for embedded HTML objects. Essentially, if an attacker can...

Here's How eFail Attack Against PGP and S/MIME Encrypted Emails Works
2018-05-14 18:33

With a heavy heart, security researchers have early released the details of a set of vulnerabilities discovered in email clients for two widely used email encryption standards—PGP and S/MIME—after...

Samsung Patches Six Critical Bugs in Flagship Handsets
2018-05-14 18:04

Samsung updates S9, Note 8 and S8 phones with 27 patches from a RCE bug to a patch that prevents an ancient peek-and-poke attack first identified in 1980s.

Chili's Speed Question: To Notify or Not to Notify Quickly?
2018-05-14 17:18

Restaurant Chain Reports Breach But Has Yet to Confirm DetailsChili's Grill & Bar is warning customers that an unknown number of payment cards were compromised at an unknown number of...

Adobe Patches Two Dozen Critical Flaws in Acrobat, Reader
2018-05-14 17:08

Updates released on Monday by Adobe for its Acrobat, Reader and Photoshop products patch nearly 50 vulnerabilities, including critical flaws that allow arbitrary code execution. read more

Hackers Divert Funds From Mexico Banks, Amount Unclear: Official
2018-05-14 16:58

Hackers have stolen an unknown amount of money from banks in Mexico in a series of cyber attacks on the country's interbank payments system, an official said Monday. read more

Security Gaps Remain as OT, IT Converge
2018-05-14 16:43

The accelerating digitization of business, driven by compelling commercial arguments, is driving the integration of new information technology (IT) networks with older operational technology (OT)...

Behind the Scenes in the Deceptive App Wars
2018-05-14 16:04

All is not well in the app ecosphere. That ecosphere comprises a large number of useful apps that benefit users, and an unknown number of apps that deceive users. The latter are sometimes...

Britain to slash F-35 orders? Erm, no, scoffs Lockheed UK boss
2018-05-14 15:32

£20bn military budget black hole is NOT our problem F-35 maker Lockheed Martin’s UK chief has breezily dismissed the idea of Britain cutting the number of jets it is buying from the US firm.…

IBM employees banned from using portable storage devices
2018-05-14 15:27

In an attempt to minimize sensitive data loss, IBM will try out a worldwide, company-wide ban on the use of removable portable storage devices such as USB sticks, SD cards, and flash drives. The...