Security News

New Cache Poisoning Attack Lets Attackers Target CDN Protected Sites
2019-10-23 08:34

A team of German cybersecurity researchers has discovered a new cache poisoning attack against web caching systems that could be used by an attacker to force a targeted website into delivering...

How to use advanced configurations of Apple's content cache service
2019-08-19 13:25

The macOS content cache service's default configurations aren't one-size-fits-all. Learn how to use Apple's advanced configurations to adapt to any enterprise network.

Cache of 49 million Instagram records found online
2019-05-22 11:12

A security researcher has discovered a massive cache of data on millions of Instagram influencers, publicly accessible for everyone to see.

New Side-Channel Attack Targets OS Page Cache
2019-01-08 16:34

A team of researchers, including experts involved in the discovery of the Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities, have disclosed a new type of side-channel attack that targets the operating system...

New side-channel leak: Boffins bash operating system page caches until they spill secrets
2019-01-05 01:30

Novel data-siphoning attack is hardware agnostic Some of the computer security boffins who revealed last year's data-leaking speculative-execution holes have identified yet another side-channel...

Hacker cyber-gang: Give us cyber-cash for cyber-cache of 18,000 stolen Sept 11th insurance docs
2019-01-03 00:20

Law firm computers raided, siphoned of info – and companies can pay to redact files, it is claimed The hackers who claim to have breached a British insurer last year say their cache of pilfered...

Talk about a cache flow problem: This JavaScript can snoop on other browser tabs to work out what you're visiting
2018-11-21 07:04

Yes, even the Tor browser can be spied on by this nasty code Special report Computer science boffins have demonstrated a side-channel attack technique that bypasses recently-introduced privacy...

StatCounter fingers cache-poisoning caper for Bitcoin-slurping JavaScript hijack
2018-11-08 04:52

The good news? Nobody appears to have lost any Bitcoin, says Gate.io This week's hijacking of StatCounter's JavaScript to swipe Bitcoins from a crypto-coin exchange was the result of a web cache...

Web cache poisoning just got real
2018-08-17 16:05

Cache me outside, how 'bout dah? BSides Manchester Websites can be compromised to turn their caches into exploit delivery systems.…

Cache of the Titans: Let's take a closer look at Google's own two-factor security keys
2018-08-02 08:07

If it's good enough for me... Analysis Intriguing news for anyone who believes that FIDO two-factor authentication keys are the obvious way to stop phishing attacks that not enough people use –...