Security News > 2018 > May

Organizations should not overestimate the short-term benefits of blockchain
2018-05-04 11:30

Only 1 percent of CIOs indicated any kind of blockchain adoption within their organizations, and only 8 percent of CIOs were in short-term planning or active experimentation with blockchain,...

Detecting Laptop Tampering
2018-05-04 11:19

Micah Lee ran a two-year experiment designed to detect whether or not his laptop was ever tampered with. The results are inconclusive, but demonstrate how difficult it can be to detect laptop tampering....

Half a million pacemakers need a security patch
2018-05-04 11:13

The devices are vulnerable to cybersecurity attacks and at risk of sudden battery loss.

Twitter: We Goofed; Change Your Password Now
2018-05-04 09:48

Passwords Inadvertently Saved to Log in Plaintext Format; Twitter Blames BugTwitter has apologized after it discovered that it had been inadvertently storing users' passwords in plaintext in an...

Penetrate the mind of the cyber criminal at SANS London July 2018
2018-05-04 09:27

Sharpen your defensive skills Promo As the security landscape constantly changes, keeping your data and systems safe from a growing variety of attacks becomes more challenging than ever.…

GLitch: New 'Rowhammer' Attack Can Remotely Hijack Android Phones
2018-05-04 07:48

For the very first time, security researchers have discovered an effective way to exploit a four-year-old hacking technique called Rowhammer to hijack an Android phone remotely. Dubbed GLitch, the...

Lakes on the moon? Boffins think they've found the evidence
2018-05-04 07:33

Watery remains of meteorites could be trapped in craters A team of physicists have uncovered evidence that the Moon may have had liquid water on its surface at one point.…

Evasive Malware Now a Commodity
2018-05-04 05:26

I’ve been deconstructing malware for over 20 years, and it turns out I’ve chosen a profession where it’s hard to feel in a rut -- so much of what is happening with malware continues to feel...

Change Your Twitter Password Immediately, Bug Exposes Passwords in Plaintext
2018-05-04 05:18

Twitter is urging all of its 330 million users to change their passwords after a software glitch unintentionally exposed its users' passwords by storing them in readable text on its internal...

Meltdown Patch in Windows 10 Can Be Bypassed
2018-05-04 05:09

A researcher has discovered that a mitigation implemented by Microsoft in Windows 10 for the Meltdown vulnerability can be bypassed. The tech giant says it’s working on an update. According to...