Security News > 2018

Britain's Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson has accused Russia of spying on its critical infrastructure as part of possible plans to create "total chaos" in the country that could "cause...

Japan-based virtual currency exchange Coincheck said Sunday it will refund about $400 million to customers after hackers stole hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of digital assets. read more

It's been a terrible new-year-starting for Intel. Researchers warn of a new attack which can be carried out in less than 30 seconds and potentially affects millions of laptops globally. As Intel...

Lenovo said nearly a dozen ThinkPad and ThinkCentre laptops contain a hardcoded password flaw.

The mating and death characteristics of some squid are fascinating. Research paper. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven't...

Class Action Lawsuit Alleges EHR Vendor Failed to Secure Its SystemsIn the wake of a ransomware attack that disrupted patient care services for hundreds of Allscripts' customers, a class action...

A group of researchers from Qatar University and Hamad Bin Khalifa University have demonstrated how years-old Bitcoin transactions can be used to retroactively deanonymize users of Tor hidden...

Over 2,000 WordPress sites are infected as part of a keylogger campaign that leverages an old malicious script.

Coincheck, a Tokyo-based cryptocurrency exchange, has suffered what appears to be the biggest hack in the history of cryptocurrencies, losing $532 million in digital assets (nearly $420 million in...

In four months the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into force, and companies are racing against time to comply with the new rules (and avoid being brutally fined if they fail)....