Security News

Google Introduces Open Source Cross-Platform Crypto Library
2018-09-04 15:16

Google last week took the wraps off Tink, an open source, multi-language, cross-platform cryptographic library designed to help simplify common encryption operations. Under development for the...

ETSI crypto-based access control standards land
2018-08-22 07:02

Need GDPR compliance now? Ask us how! Worried about enterprise security, access control, and GDPR? Relax, the standards bods at European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) have you covered.…

TLS developers should ditch 'pseudo constant time' crypto processing
2018-08-21 10:17

Fixes for Lucky 13-type bugs could still be vulnerable More than five years after cracks started showing in the Transport Layer Security (TLS) network crypto protocol, the author of the "Lucky 13"...

Crypto Wars Continue, as Feds Seek Messenger Backdoor
2018-08-20 15:33

FBI's Latest Backdoor Push Involves Facebook Messenger, Reuters ReportsIt's déjà vu "FBI vs. Apple" all over again, as Reuters reports that the Justice Department is seeking to compel Facebook to...

Support for ageing key exchange crypto leaves VPNs open to attack
2018-08-15 19:40

Ancient issue causing new ones Security gaps have been identified in widely used implementations of the IPsec protocol, which is used in the set up of Virtual Private Networks (VPNs).…

Crypto Flaw Affects Products From Cisco, Huawei, ZyXEL
2018-08-14 11:28

A team of researchers has disclosed the details of a new attack method that can be used to crack encrypted communications. The products of several vendors, including Cisco, Huawei, ZyXEL and...

If for some reason you're still using TKIP crypto on your Wi-Fi, ditch it – Linux, Android world bug collides with it
2018-08-09 02:57

Patch wpa_supplicant and/or kill off key protocol, thanks It’s been a mildly rough week for Wi-Fi security: hard on the heels of a WPA2 weakness comes a programming cockup in the wpa_supplicant...

MikroTik Routers Exploited in Massive Crypto-Mining Campaign
2018-08-03 14:13

Attackers managed to infect tens of thousands of MikroTik network routers in Brazil with code that injects the CoinHive in-browser crypto-mining script into web traffic. read more

Hackers Infect Over 200,000 MikroTik Routers With Crypto Mining Malware
2018-08-03 09:18

Security researchers have discovered at least three massive malware campaigns exploiting hundreds of thousands of unpatched MikroTik routers to secretly install cryptocurrency miners on computers...

MikroTik routers grab their pickaxes, descend into the crypto mines
2018-08-03 00:03

Hacker slips CoinHive code onto network appliances Researchers have found thousands of MikroTik network routers in Brazil serving up crypto-coin-crafting CoinHive code.…