Security News

Thunderstrike 2 OS X Firmware Attack Self-Replicates to Peripherals (Threatpost)
2015-08-03 17:51

At Black Hat, researchers are expected to disclose new firmware attacks that work against OS X and self replicated to Thunderbolt peripherals.

Cybercriminals are preying on existing vulnerabilities to plan future attacks (Help Net Security)
2015-07-31 07:54

Solutionary performed a broad analysis of the threat landscape, which unearthed several key findings. They identified several campaigns targeting the bash vulnerability during the latest quarter - mor...

Researchers devise passive attacks for identifying Tor hidden services (Help Net Security)
2015-07-31 07:24

A group of MIT researchers have devised two attacks that could identify, with a high degree of certainty (88%), an anonymous hidden service or client. Hidden services are servers configured to rece...

Most malvertising attacks are hosted on news and entertainment websites (Help Net Security)
2015-07-30 09:01

More than 50 percent of malvertising is unknowingly hosted on news and entertainment websites, according to Bromium. Notable websites unknowingly hosting malvertising included cbsnews.com, nbcsports.c...