Security News

Netflix researcher spots TCP SACK flaws in Linux and FreeBSD
2019-06-19 12:26

Three vulnerabilities in the FreeBSD and Linux kernels could allow attackers to induce a denial-of-service by clogging networking I/O.

Researchers develop app to detect Twitter bots in any language
2019-06-18 05:00

Thanks to fruitful collaboration between language scholars and machine learning specialists, a new application that can detect Twitter bots independent of the language used was developed by...

Irked Researcher Discloses Facebook WordPress Plugin Flaws
2019-06-17 22:07

Researchers at Plugin Vulnerabilities cite grudge and irresponsibly disclose bugs in two WordPress plugins from Facebook.

Researcher Scrapes and Posts 7 Million Venmo Transactions
2019-06-17 18:24

Venmo is a peer-to-peer mobile app designed to make it easy to send and receive payments from friends. It is owned by PayPal -- and it is no stranger to security issues. read more

Google Researcher Details Windows Cryptographic Library Bug
2019-06-12 19:18

Flaw Could Cause Denial-of-Service Event in Windows Fleet, Researcher ClaimsA Google security researcher has disclosed what he calls an unpatched bug in the main cryptographic library used in...

Researchers devise RAMBleed attack to grab secret data from memory
2019-06-12 11:17

Researchers have demonstrated a new variation of the Rowhammer attack: dubbed RAMBleed, it may allow attackers to read data stored inside the computer’s physical memory. “While the end-to-end...

Researchers crack digital safe using HSM flaw
2019-06-11 10:38

French researchers have found a bug in a hardware security module (HSM) that could enable an attacker to steal highly prized secrets.

Researchers eavesdrop on smartphone finger taps
2019-06-07 09:47

Researchers have been experimenting with a novel way to eavesdrop on what you're typing on your smartphone - by listening to the taps of your fingers.

Researcher Posts Demo of BlueKeep Exploit of Windows Device
2019-06-06 14:48

Meanwhile, NSA Issues Alert Stressing Urgency of PatchingA security researcher has posted a demonstration showing how an attacker could exploit the BlueKeep vulnerability to take over a Windows...

New Attack Targets the Touchscreen of Smartphones, Researchers Reveal
2019-06-03 16:48

A group of researchers has devised a new proof-of-concept attack that targets the touchscreen of Near-Field Communication (NFC)-enabled mobile devices such as smartphones and allows remote control...