Security News > 2018 > May

Asylo Open-Source Framework Tackles TEEs for Cloud
2018-05-07 17:14

The idea is to use trusted execution environments to build trust across various cloud-related use cases, including 5G, virtual network functions (VNFs), blockchain and more.

SynAck Ransomware Uses Process Doppelgänging for Evasion
2018-05-07 16:56

SynAck has become the first ransomware family to leverage the read more

Study: Attack on KrebsOnSecurity Cost IoT Device Owners $323K
2018-05-07 16:47

A monster distributed denial-of-service attack (DDoS) against KrebsOnSecurity.com in 2016 knocked this site offline for nearly four days. The attack was executed through a network of hacked...

Romanians Charged With Vishing, Smishing Extradited to U.S.
2018-05-07 16:42

Two Romanian nationals indicted for their role in a vishing and smishing scheme were extradited from Romania, the United States Department of Justice announced on Friday. read more

Cryptojacking Campaign Exploits Drupal Bug, Over 400 Websites Attacked
2018-05-07 16:16

Hundreds of sites vulnerable to 'Drupalgeddon 2.0' have been impacted by a massive cryptomining campaign.

LookingGlass Acquires Threat Intelligence Platform From Goldman Sachs
2018-05-07 16:12

Goldman Sachs Becomes a Strategic Investor in LookingGlass Cyber Solutions  read more

Unpatched Flaws Expose Lantech Industrial Device Servers to Attacks
2018-05-07 16:00

Two critical vulnerabilities have been discovered by a researcher in industrial device servers from Taiwan-based industrial networking solutions provider Lantech. The flaws can be exploited...

Russia-linked Hackers Exploit Lojack Recovery Tool in Attacks
2018-05-07 15:19

Recently discovered “Lojack” agents containing malicious command and control (C&C) servers point to the Russian cyber-espionage group Sofacy, according to NETSCOUT Arbor. read more

Ray Ozzie's Encryption Backdoor
2018-05-07 14:32

Last month, Wired published a long article about Ray Ozzie and his supposed new scheme for adding a backdoor in encrypted devices. It's a weird article. It paints Ozzie's proposal as something...

Lenovo Patches Arbitrary Code Execution Flaw
2018-05-07 14:14

Lenovo warns of a high-severity bug impacting its System x line of servers, along with a medium-severity buffer-overflow vulnerability affecting its popular ThinkPad line.