Security News

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...

Fake fuse: Bloke admits selling counterfeit chips for use in B-1 bomber, other US military gear
2019-02-05 00:58

E-waste partly to blame for proliferation of deceptively marketed silicon Rogelio Vasquez, the owner of California-based PRB Logics Corporation, has pleaded guilty to selling fake branded...

Vulnerabilities in high-performance computer chips could lead to failures in modern electronics
2018-12-17 06:15

A Washington State University research team has uncovered significant and previously unknown vulnerabilities in high-performance computer chips that could lead to failures in modern electronics....

Super Micro: Audit Didn't Find Chinese Spying Chip
2018-12-14 10:18

Firm Says Audit 'Lays to Rest the Unwarranted Accusations'Super Micro says a third-party audit of recent and older motherboards has not turned up evidence of a spying chip as alleged in an...

Texas Instruments flicks Armis' Bluetooth chip vuln off its shoulder
2018-12-11 10:32

Yeah, we've patched that one, adds Cisco Texas Instruments has rather feebly slapped down infosec researchers' findings on a so-called Bleedingbit Bluetooth Low Energy vulnerability after a more...