Security News > 2018 > October

Payment-card-skimming Magecart strikes again: Zero out of five for infecting e-retail sites
2018-10-09 20:31

Customer ratings plugin treated to a malicious rewrite to swipe entered banking info The payment-card-skimming malware operation dubbed Magecart has turned up again, this time in Shopper Approved,...

Card skimming group Magecart strikes again
2018-10-09 20:31

Customer ratings plugin given malign re-write Card skimming group Magecart has launched a new wave of attacks - this time targeting Shopper Approved, a customer rating plugin.…

Microsoft Patches Windows Zero-Day Exploited by 'FruityArmor' Group
2018-10-09 20:07

Microsoft's Patch Tuesday updates for October 2018 resolve nearly 50 vulnerabilities, including a Windows zero-day flaw exploited by an advanced persistent threat (APT) actor known as FruityArmor....

New Ninth-Gen Intel CPUs Shield Against Some Spectre, Meltdown Variants
2018-10-09 19:37

New Intel Coffee Lake CPUs offer hardware-based protections against some -but not all- Spectre and Meltdown variants.

Access Now Is Looking for a Chief Security Officer
2018-10-09 19:32

The international digital human rights organization Access Now (I am on the board) is looking to hire a Chief Security Officer. I believe that, somewhere, there is a highly qualified security...

Google Tightens Rules Around App Permissions
2018-10-09 19:23

Google this week announced improved user control over data shared with apps, redesigned app permissions, and diminished app access to sensitive information such as contacts, SMS, and phone. read more

Chinese Super Micro 'spy chip' story gets even more strange as everyone doubles down
2018-10-09 19:20

Bloomberg puts out related story while security experts cast doubt on research and quotes The veracity of a bombshell yarn claiming Chinese agents managed to sneak spy chips into Super Micro...

China spy chip story gets stranger as everyone doubles down
2018-10-09 19:20

Bloomberg puts out related story while security experts cast doubt on research and quotes The veracity of a story claiming that the Chinese government managed to sneak spy chips into servers used...

Microsoft October Patch Tuesday Fixes 12 Critical Vulnerabilities
2018-10-09 18:48

Microsoft has just released its latest monthly Patch Tuesday updates for October 2018, fixing a total of 49 security vulnerabilities in its products. This month's security updates address security...

Slideshow: Intel from Virus Bulletin 2018
2018-10-09 18:40

This year's Virus Bulletin conference featured top-tier research from some of the world's best threat intelligence experts.