Security News

His phone went dark, then $1m was sucked out in SIM-swap crypto-heist
2018-11-26 12:00

A 21-year-old allegedly SIM-swapped Silicon Valley execs’ phones to steal cryptocurrency, including one man's $1m tuition fund for his kids.

Australia's 'snoop minister' wants crypto-busting law probe wound up, proposals back into parliament
2018-11-21 01:23

Dutton busts out the ol' razzle-dazzle of terrorists, encrypted chat and hand-wringing Australia's home affairs minister Peter Dutton wants the parliamentary inquiry into his proposed...

MIT to Oz: Crypto-busting laws risk banning security tests
2018-11-16 02:17

I see the red team and I want it painted black Australia's government's crypto-busting legislation risks blocking security research, a leading Internet policy boffin has warned.…

Irony meters explode as WordPress GDPR tool hacked, cell network hack shenanigans, crypto-backdoors, etc...
2018-11-10 08:08

Loads of bonus infosec news for your weekend Roundup This week we had broken promises in China, broken keys in Steam, and broken ..err, everything in Apache Struts.…

PortSmash attack punches hole in Intel's Hyper-Thread CPUs, leaves with crypto keys
2018-11-02 20:18

Side-channel timing technique exploits SMT – but you'll need to be running malware on the machine already Brainiacs in Cuba and Finland have found a new side-channel vulnerability in Intel x64...

Crypto exchange collapses, victims accuse it of exit scam
2018-10-31 11:30

Another day, another exchange goes down - but was it a hack or an exit scam?

Crypto-Locking Kraken Ransomware Looms Larger
2018-10-31 10:03

Ransomware-as-a-Service Operation Joins Forces With Fallout Exploit KitA slick ransomware-as-a-service operation called Kraken Cryptor has begun leveraging the Fallout exploit kit to help it score...

Rambus Vaultify Trade: Secure transaction and storage of crypto assets on blockchain
2018-10-22 16:32

The Rambus Vaultify Trade platform enables the secure storage and transfer of crypto and digital assets using tokenization and encryption technology. Vaultify Trade is the product that enables...

Connecticut City Pays Ransom After Crypto-Locking Attack
2018-10-22 14:48

Separately, a Water Utility Hit by Ryuk Ransomware Vows to Restore, Not PayA tale of two different ransomware victims' responses: One Connecticut city says it had little choice but to pay a ransom...

Targeted attacks on crypto exchanges resulted in a loss of $882 million
2018-10-18 06:15

Group-IB has estimated that cryptocurrency exchanges suffered a total loss of $882 million due to targeted attacks in 2017 and in the first three quarters of 2018. According to Group-IB experts,...