Security News

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...

Chip Cards Fail to Reduce Credit Card Fraud in the US
2018-11-15 12:24

A new study finds that credit card fraud has not declined since the introduction of chip cards in the US. The majority of stolen card information comes from hacked point-of-sale terminals. The...

U.S. Chip Cards Are Being Compromised in the Millions
2018-11-12 17:50

A full 60 million U.S. cards were compromised in the past 12 months. While 93 percent of those were EMV chip-enabled, merchants continued to use mag stripes.