Security News > 2018 > May

Serious Security: The GLitch “row hammering” attack
2018-05-05 00:27

How the graphics chip in your mobile phone could allow crooks to deliver malware via your browser - no app download required.

Cookie code compromise caper caught and crumbled
2018-05-04 23:37

Ploy to plant malware in NPM's JavaScript registry foiled NPM, the biz responsible for the Node Packet Manager for JavaScript and Node.js, has caught a miscreant trying to tamper with web cookie...

Friday Squid Blogging: US Army Developing 3D-Printable Battlefield Robot Squid
2018-05-04 21:18

The next major war will be super weird. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven't covered. Read my blog posting guidelines here....

Report: Intel Facing New Spectre-Like Security Flaws
2018-05-04 20:38

Intel may be facing as many as eight new Spectre-level vulnerabilities in its chips, a German magazine alleges.

Pr0nbot is Back – and Evading Twitter Censors
2018-05-04 20:36

A rapidly swelling botnet of Twitter accounts advertising “adult dating”-themed scam websites has at least 80,000 nodes to date.

Former Physician Convicted of Criminal HIPAA Violation
2018-05-04 19:48

Case Involved Unauthorized Access to Patient RecordsA former Massachusetts gynecologist has been convicted in a rare case involving a criminal HIPAA violation. The case was tied to providing a...

Abbott Addresses Life-Threatening Flaw in a Half-Million Pacemakers
2018-05-04 19:27

A backdoor could be exploited to allow an attacker to manipulate the implants and cause heart problems and even death,

Acalvio Technologies: Battling Breaches With Deception
2018-05-04 17:48

Rick Moy on Using Deception for Better Breach Detection and ResponseAcalvio Technologies helps organizations practice "cyber deception" to more effectively detect and respond to data breaches,...