Security News

New macOS Malware Targets Crypto-Currency Users
2018-07-03 12:08

A new piece of macOS malware has been observed being distributed via crypto-currency related Slack or Discord chat groups, security researchers warn. read more

In non-startling news, EFF says STARTTLS email crypto is mostly done wrong
2018-06-26 03:57

And so it's trying to kick off an effort to fix that up, because security and privacy matter Having successfully pushed for universal HTTPS Web encryption, the Electronic Frontier Foundation's...

TLBleed: a new way to leak crypto keys on hyperthreaded processors
2018-06-25 22:18

A new attack prompted OpenBSD's developers to disable hyperthreading by default.

Meet TLBleed: A crypto-key-leaking CPU attack that Intel says we shouldn't worry about
2018-06-22 22:44

How to extract 256-bit signing keys with 99.8% success Intel has, for now, no plans to specifically address a side-channel vulnerability in its processors that can be potentially exploited by...

Buzzword Bingo: Quantum, AI, Blockchain, Crypto
2018-06-18 18:03

Thales e-Security's Jon Geater Separates Hype From UtilityQuantum computing, blockchain, crypto, internet of things: There's a lot of hype around these technology areas, says Jon Geater, CTO of...

Intel chip flaw: Math unit may spill crypto secrets to apps – modern Linux, Windows, BSDs immune
2018-06-13 21:00

Malware on Cores, Xeons may lift computations, mitigations in place or coming Updated A security flaw within Intel Core and Xeon processors can be potentially exploited to swipe sensitive data...

Intel chip flaw: Math unit potentially spills kernel crypto secrets to apps – modern Linux, Windows, OpenBSD immune
2018-06-13 21:00

Malware on Core, Xeon computers may lift data, mitigations in place or coming A security flaw within Intel Core and Xeon processors can be potentially exploited to swipe sensitive data from the...

Crypto Me0wing attacks: Kitty cashes in on Monero
2018-05-24 11:30

It’s been a month since the first Drupalgeddon 2.0 RCE (SA-CORE-2018-002/CVE-2018-7600) exploit was first published, unleashing its destruction into the wild… and through our cloud monitoring...

Ubuntu sends crypto-mining apps out of its store and into a tomb
2018-05-14 03:08

Developer's dreams of driving off in a Ferrari dashed Admins of the Ubuntu Store have pulled all apps from a developer who signed himself "Nicholas Tomb", and from his e-mail signature apparently...

Ubuntu sends crypto-mining apps out of its store and into at tomb
2018-05-14 03:08

Developer's dreams of driving off in a Ferrari dashed Admins of the Ubuntu Store have pulled all apps from a developer who signed himself "Nicholas Tomb", and from his e-mail signature apparently...