Security News

New speculative execution bug leaks data from Intel chips’ internal buffers
2019-05-14 18:10

Intel-specific vulnerability was found by researchers both inside and outside the company.

New Samsung Exynos Chip Secures IoT Devices With Short-Range Comms
2019-05-09 15:16

Samsung this week unveiled Exynos i T100, a new mobile system-on-chip (SoC) designed to enhance the security and reliability of Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices that use short-range communication...

Unhackable? New chip makes the computer an unsolvable puzzle
2019-05-07 05:30

A new computer processor architecture that could usher in a future where computers proactively defend against threats, rendering the current electronic security model of bugs and patches obsolete,...

Qualcomm chips leak crypto data from secure execution environment
2019-04-25 10:47

A vulnerability in Qualcomm chips could be exploited by attackers to retrieve encryption keys and sensitive information from the chipsets’ secure execution environment, NCC Group researchers have...

Facebook user data used as bargaining chip, according to leaked docs
2019-04-18 11:56

Leaked internal docs used to claim "privacy was an afterthought" at Facebook

Algorithms can now find bugs in computer chips before they are made
2019-03-28 06:15

In early 2018, cybersecurity researchers discovered two security flaws they said were present in almost every high-end processor made and used by major companies. UPEC product development team (l...

SPOILER alert: Intel chips hit with another speculative execution flaw
2019-03-05 06:34

Memory operations leak data that simplifies known attack techniques Further demonstrating the computational risks of looking into the future, boffins have found another way to abuse speculative...

Ready for another fright? Spectre flaws in today's computer chips can be exploited to hide, run stealthy malware
2019-02-27 06:08

Honey, I've shrunk the spyware and concealed it with speculative execution Spectre – the security vulnerabilities in modern CPUs' speculative execution engines that can be exploited to steal...

Where's Zero Cool when you need him? Loose chips sink ships: How hackers could wreck container vessels
2019-02-21 02:58

Or Acid Burn? Or Lord Nikon? Weak IT security may end in disaster at sea... one day Poorly maintained IT systems on container ships are leaving the vessels open to cyber-attack and catastrophe, it...

Data-spewing Spectre chip flaws can't be killed by software alone, Google boffins conclude
2019-02-18 07:05

While browsers have got their act together, any other apps interpreting user-supplied code need to be aware of this Google security researchers have analyzed the impact of the data-leaking Spectre...