Security News

ZombieLoad: How Intel’s Latest Side Channel Bug Was Discovered and Disclosed
2019-05-20 13:42

Daniel Gruss, the researcher behind Spectre, Meltdown - and most recently, ZombieLoad - Intel CPU side channel attacks, gives an inside look into how he discovered the flaws.

US Tech Giants Google, Intel, Qualcomm, Broadcom Break Up With Huawei
2019-05-20 09:03

Google has reportedly suspended all businesses with the world's second-biggest smartphone maker, Huawei, and revoked its Android license effective immediately—a move that will have a drastic...

Week in review: New Intel CPU vulnerabilities, SharePoint servers under attack
2019-05-19 17:00

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: High-risk vulnerability in Cisco’s secure boot process impacts millions of devices Red Balloon Security has discovered...

News Wrap: WhatsApp, Microsoft, Intel and Cisco Flaws
2019-05-17 11:37

From a zero day flaw in WhatsApp, to Patch Tuesday fixes, Threatpost breaks down the top vulnerabilities of this week.

Another Intel Chip Flaw
2019-05-16 14:28

Remember the Spectre and Meltdown attacks from last year? They were a new class of attacks against complex CPUs, finding subliminal channels in optimization techniques that allow hackers to steal...

Intel MDS attack mitigation: An overview
2019-05-16 12:08

Intel has revealed on Tuesday that some of its CPUs are vulnerable to a number of new speculative execution attacks that may allow attackers to stealing sensitive data and keys/passwords....

When all else fails, organizations realize they must share threat intel
2019-05-16 05:00

A large majority of security IT decision makers are ready and willing to share valuable threat intelligence data to help the collective industry make better, more informed decisions when it comes...

Intel ZombieLoad Side-Channel Attack: 10 Takeaways
2019-05-15 16:48

Here are 10 top takeaways from Intel's most recent class of Spectre-like speculative execution vulnerabilities, disclosed this week.

Microsoft fixes Intel ZombieLoad bug with Patch Tuesday updates
2019-05-15 12:07

May 2019 Patch Tuesday fixed 79 vulnerabilities, 19 of which are classed as Critical. Here's a summary of the most notable ones.