Security News

Friday Squid Blogging: Will Fish and Chips Become Squid and Chips? (Schneier on Security)
2016-12-30 22:06

BBC.com reports that squid are proliferating around the North Sea, and speculates that they will become an increasingly common British dinner. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk...

Researchers Question Security in AMD’s Upcoming Zen Chips (Threatpost)
2016-12-08 18:22

Two German researchers are calling into question the security afforded by AMD’s Secure Encrypted Virtualization feature debuting in the chip maker's upcoming Zen server chips.

Researchers bypass ASLR by exploiting flaw in Intel chip (Help Net Security)
2016-10-19 22:03

Researchers have found a design flaw in the branch predictor, a component of Intel’s Haswell processor, and have exploited it to bypass ASLR (Address Space Layout Randomization). What is ASLR?...

RIPPER ATM Malware Uses Malicious EMV Chip (Threatpost)
2016-08-29 17:32

RIPPER malware forces ATMs to churn out cash for crooks via a malicious EMV bankcard attack.

RIPPER ATM Malware Uses Malicious EVM Chip (Threatpost)
2016-08-29 17:32

RIPPER malware forces ATMs to churn out cash for crooks via a malicious EVM bankcard attack.