Security News

Researchers Decrypt Satellite Phone Communication in Real-Time (Security Week)
2017-07-10 14:24

A group of security researchers detailed a real-time inversion attack against the GMR-2 stream cipher used in satellite phone communication, claiming it is much more efficient than previously...

Researchers Dissect Stealthy Backdoor Used by NotPetya Operators (Security Week)
2017-07-05 13:06

ESET security researchers have performed a detailed analysis of a stealthy backdoor used by the group behind the NotPetya destructive wiper and injected into the legitimate resources of tax...

Researchers Crack 1024-bit RSA Encryption in GnuPG Crypto Library (The Hackers News)
2017-07-04 00:32

Security boffins have discovered a critical vulnerability in a GnuPG cryptographic library that allowed the researchers to completely break RSA-1024 and successfully extract the secret RSA key to...

Researchers Find BlackEnergy APT Links in ExPetr Code (Threatpost)
2017-07-03 18:31

Researchers have found links between the BlackEnergy APT group and threat actors behind the ExPetr malware used in last month’s global attacks.

NotPetya Connected to BlackEnergy/KillDisk: Researchers (Security Week)
2017-07-03 12:38

Last week’s devastating NotPetya attack might have been launched by the same threat group that previously used the Russia-linked BlackEnergy malware family in attacks against Ukraine, security...

NotPetya attacker can’t provide decryption keys, researchers warn (Help Net Security)
2017-06-29 20:04

While defenders and security researchers are sifting artefacts that could help prevent new NotPetya ransomware attacks and perhaps point to the identity of the attacker, the victims are trying to...

Google researcher uncovers another RCE in Microsoft Malware Protection Engine (Help Net Security)
2017-06-27 19:02

Google Project Zero researcher Tavis Ormandy has unearthed yet another critical remote code execution vulnerability affecting the Microsoft Malware Protection Engine, which powers a number of the...

Google Security Researcher Pops Microsoft's AV Defenses (InfoRiskToday)
2017-06-27 13:02

In Response, Microsoft Has Patched Its Malware Protection EngineA Google security researcher has once again found a potentially devastating vulnerability in Microsoft's Malware Protection Engine,...

Popular Chat Platforms Can Serve as C&C Servers: Researchers (Security Week)
2017-06-07 18:06

Popular chat platforms such as Slack, Discord and Telegram can be abused by malicious actors and turned into command and control (C&C) infrastructure, according to Trend Micro. read more

Tainted Leaks: Researchers Unravel Cyber-Espionage Attacks (InfoRiskToday)
2017-05-30 18:17

Phishing Emails, Hacked Gmail Addresses Tied to Campaign with Russian NexusA cyber-espionage campaign apparently linked to Russia has targeted more than 200 people in 39 countries and leaked...