Security News

Chip and No Signature: What's Behind the Move?
2018-06-11 15:18

Although all the major credit card brands have dropped the requirement for obtaining signatures to verify point-of-sale transactions made with EMV payment cards, they're not pushing strongly for...

Hands off! Arm pitches tamper-resistant M35-P chips
2018-05-02 13:44

Sneaky processors look to keep lid on sensitive IoT data Arm has released a new processor design for Cortex M chips that will try to stop physical tampering and side-channel attacks by hackers.…

Ozzie Ozzie Ozzie, oi oi oi! Tech zillionaire Ray's backdoor crypto for the Feds is Clipper chip v2
2018-04-27 20:51

Lotus Notes man has a plan... and a patent Analysis Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it, particularly if forgetfulness promises profit.…

Nintendo Switch users about to get pwned after unpatchable flaw found in NVIDIA Tegra chips
2018-04-23 21:17

Researcher reveals demo attack code, full release in June Security researcher Kate Temkin has released proof-of-concept code to launch an exploit chain called Fusée Gelée, which relies on an...

Brains behind seL4 secure microkernel begin RISC-V chip port
2018-04-23 05:02

Unveil first code, joins giants in industry standard-club Last week, the first RISC-V port of its seL4 microkernel was released by the Data61 division of the Australian government's Commonwealth...

Facebook Plans to Build Its Own Chips For Hardware Devices
2018-04-19 12:03

A new job opening post on Facebook suggests that the social network is forming a team to build its own hardware chips, joining other tech titans like Google, Apple, and Amazon in becoming more...

Could an Intel chip flaw put your whole computer at risk?
2018-04-17 10:26

All it would take is a low-level programming bug in your computer's CPU.

Intel's security light bulb moment: Chips to recruit GPUs to scan memory for software nasties
2018-04-17 03:00

Coprocessors drafted for threat detection duties Having weathered revelations in January that its chips can be attacked through a novel class of side-channel vulnerabilities – mostly addressed...

Microsoft has designed an Arm Linux IoT cloud chip. Repeat, an Arm Linux IoT cloud chip
2018-04-17 00:58

And it talks to Azure. Cortana probably spotted lurking nearby Microsoft has designed a family of Arm-based system-on-chips for Internet-of-Things devices that runs its own flavor of Linux, and...

Crooks are swapping out chips on payment cards, says US Secret Service
2018-04-08 21:27

The crooks don't steal your whole card, which you'd probably notice, but just the chip from it...