Security News > 2018 > August

Boffins trying to build a open source secure enclave on RISC-V
2018-08-31 23:57

Open source trusted execution component expected this fall At some point this fall, a team of researchers from MIT's CSAIL and UC Berkeley's EECS aim to deliver an initial version of an open...

DraftKings rides to court, asks to unmask 10 DDoS suspects
2018-08-31 21:15

Fantasy sports outfit looks to hunt down group that bombarded its site A US sports gaming company is asking permission to unmask 10 people it believes were behind a massive DDoS attack on its...

Friday Squid Blogging: Giant Squid Washes up on Wellington Beach
2018-08-31 21:08

Another giant squid washed up on a beach, this time in Wellington, New Zealand. Is this a global trend? As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news...

0patch releases micropatch for Windows Task Scheduler zero-day
2018-08-31 20:29

Earlier this week a security researcher that goes by “SandboxEscaper” published details and a PoC exploit for a zero-day local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Windows. Microsoft has,...

How lucrative is web-based cryptojacking?
2018-08-31 19:26

1 out of 500 of the one million most visited websites according to Alexa contains a web-based cryptominer that starts mining as soon as the website has been opened in the browser, researchers from...

I'm Doing a Reddit AMA
2018-08-31 19:06

On Thursday, September 6, starting at 10:00 am CDT, I'll be doing a Reddit "Ask Me Anything" in association with the Ford Foundation. It's about my new book, but -- of course -- you can ask me...

Upcoming Speaking Engagements
2018-08-31 18:37

This is a current list of where and when I am scheduled to speak: I'm giving a book talk on Click Here to Kill Everybody at the Ford Foundation in New York City, on September 5, 2018. The Aspen...

New infosec products of the week​: August 31, 2018
2018-08-31 16:51

Moogsoft announces Observe expanding its AIOps platform capabilities Moogsoft Observe ingests time-series and metrics data in real-time and applies AI to detect incidents at the source of the...

MagentoCore Card Skimmer Found on Mass Numbers of E-Commerce Sites
2018-08-31 16:39

The Magecart group is likely behind the most prolific card-stealing operation seen in the wild to date.

Threatpost News Wrap Podcast For Aug. 31
2018-08-31 16:36

This week's news includes a Microsoft zero-day flaw and Yahoo's recent email privacy snafu.