Security News > 2018 > July

Well, well, well. Crime does pay: Ransomware creeps let off with community service
2018-07-27 07:02

Dutch court goes easy on Coinvault duo Two men who masterminded various Coinvault ransomware infections will carry out 240 hours of community service as punishment for screwing over 1,200...

Remote Spectre Attack Allows Data Theft Over Network
2018-07-27 05:46

A team of researchers from the Graz University of Technology in Austria has demonstrated that Spectre attacks can be launched remotely without the need to execute code on the targeted machine. read more

Boffins: Mixed-signal silicon can SCREAM your secrets to all
2018-07-27 01:01

'Screaming Channels', a side-channel baked into off-the-shelf Wi-Fi, Bluetooth silicon Side-channel radio attacks just got a whole lot worse: a group of researchers from Eurocom's Software and...

How to (slowly) steal secrets over the network from chip security holes: NetSpectre summoned
2018-07-26 23:07

Billions of devices potentially at risk – but Intel isn't worried Computer researchers at the University of Graz have devised a way to exploit the speculative execution flaws affecting modern...

New Spectre attack enables secrets to be leaked over a network
2018-07-26 21:40

It's no longer necessary to run attacker code on the victim system.

Highly Sophisticated Parasite RAT Emerges on the Dark Web
2018-07-26 21:37

This brand-new RAT represents the latest escalation in an ongoing malware arms race that extends even to commodity malware.

Dashlane 6: A solution for online risk prevention, identity monitoring, and identity restoration
2018-07-26 20:49

Dashlane announces the release of Dashlane 6, the password manager app’s answer to the digital identity crisis—the disorganized, unsecure trail of passwords, payments, personal information,...

JASK appoints Dave DeWalt as vice chairman of board of directors
2018-07-26 20:48

JASK announced that former FireEye and McAfee CEO Dave DeWalt has joined the company’s board of directors as vice chairman. JASK also disclosed that NightDragon Security, the cybersecurity...

WatchGuard’s cloud-enabled AuthPoint solution delivers multi-factor authentication to SMBs
2018-07-26 20:08

WatchGuard unveiled AuthPoint – a cloud-based multi-factor authentication (MFA) solution designed for small and midsize businesses (SMBs). MFA has always been out of reach for SMBs due to cost,...

SME Security to bring Cybersecurity Resilience Accelerator to Australian SMEs
2018-07-26 20:05

SME Security announces the launch of its Cybersecurity Resilience Accelerator (CRA) for small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) within Australia and New Zealand. The CRA has been designed to...