Security News

Warning: Microsoft Fix Freezes Some PCs With AMD Chips
2018-01-08 12:48

Meltdown and Spectre Security Update Bricks Some PCs With Athlon CPUsSecurity teams are scrambling to put fixes for the Meltdown and Spectre flaws in place. But Windows users report that...

Intel, AMD Chip Vulnerabilities Put Billions of Devices at Risk
2018-01-03 22:20

Details of "Meltdown" and "Spectre" Attacks Against Intel and AMD Chips Disclosed read more

Device Manufacturers Working on Patches for Intel Chip Flaws
2017-11-24 06:43

Acer, Dell, Fujitsu, HPE, Lenovo, Intel and Panasonic are working on releasing patches for the recently disclosed vulnerabilities affecting Intel CPUs, but it could take a while until firmware...

Intel chips riddled with deadly flaws
2017-11-21 20:44

As we’re waiting for security researchers to detail the Intel Management Engine vulnerability that can allow attackers to run undetectable, unsigned code on machines with Intel processors, the...

Intel Chip Flaws Expose Millions of Devices to Attacks
2017-11-21 13:41

Intel has conducted an in-depth security review of its Management Engine (ME), Trusted Execution Engine (TXE) and Server Platform Services (SPS) technologies and discovered several...

Experts Find Faster Way to Exploit Infineon Chip Crypto Flaw
2017-11-08 12:35

A recently disclosed crypto-related vulnerability affecting some Infineon chips can be exploited in a shorter amount of time than initially believed, researchers demonstrated. read more

Factorization Flaw in TPM Chips Makes Attacks on RSA Private Keys Feasible
2017-10-16 18:05

A flawed Infineon Technology chipset left HP, Lenovo and Microsoft devices open to what is called a 'practical factorization attack,' in which an attacker computes the private part of an RSA key.

Tech Giants Warn of Crypto Flaw in Infineon Chips
2017-10-16 13:55

Microsoft, Google, HP, Lenovo and Fujitsu have warned customers of a potentially serious crypto-related vulnerability affecting some chips made by German semiconductor manufacturer Infineon...

Google Researcher Publishes PoC Exploit for Apple iPhone Wi-Fi Chip Hack
2017-09-27 03:49

You have now another good reason to update your iPhone to newly released iOS 11—a security vulnerability in iOS 10 and earlier now has a working exploit publicly available. Gal Beniamini, a...

32M Becomes First-Ever Company to Implant Micro-Chips in Employees (The Hackers News)
2017-07-24 08:44

Biohacking could be a next big thing in this smart world. Over two years ago, a hacker implanted a small NFC chip in his left hand right between his thumb and his pointer finger and hacked Android...