Security News

Vulnerability in content distribution networks found by researchers
2019-10-24 14:41

Researchers have found a flaw that could lead to denial of service attacks on content distribution networks around the world.

Alexa and Google Home phishing apps demonstrated by researchers
2019-10-23 12:43

The researchers' "Smart Spies" apps showed how Amazon Alexa and Google Home users could be exposed to vishing and eavesdropping.

Researcher Publishes PoC Exploit for Recent Android Zero-Day
2019-10-18 07:04

A security researcher has published a proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit for the recently addressed Android zero-day vulnerability that impacts Pixel 2 devices. read more

Researcher releases PoC rooting app that exploits recent Android zero-day
2019-10-17 13:19

Late last month Google Project Zero researcher Maddie Stone detailed a zero-day Android privilege escalation vulnerability (CVE-2019-2215) and revealed that it is actively being exploited in...

FIN7 Gang Returns With New Malicious Tools: Researchers
2019-10-15 15:33

FireEye Says Financial Hacking Group Is Deploying New Dropper and PayloadDespite a crackdown on some of its members in 2018, the FIN7 gang has returned with new malicious tools, including a...

Researchers Find New Backdoor Used by Winnti Hackers
2019-10-15 14:14

ESET security researchers were able to identify a new backdoor associated with the threat actor known as the Winnti Group. read more

Soldering spy chips inside firewalls is now a cheap hack, shows researcher
2019-10-14 12:01

The tiny ATtiny85 chip doesn’t look like the next big cyberthreat facing the world, but sneaking one on to a firewall motherboard would be bad news for security were it to happen.

Researchers may have found a way to trace serial IP hijackers
2019-10-14 05:00

Hijacking IP addresses is an increasingly popular form of cyberattack. This is done for a range of reasons, from sending spam and malware to stealing Bitcoin. It’s estimated that in 2017 alone,...

How MIT researchers use machine learning to detect IP hijackings before it occurs
2019-10-08 16:25

The goal is to predict incidents in advance by tracing it back to the actual hijackers.

Wi-Fi signals let researchers ID people through walls from their gait
2019-10-07 10:36

Police could set up transceivers outside a building and compare spectrograms of suspects walking vs. crime scene footage.