Security News

German researchers defeat printers' doc-tracking dots
2018-06-27 02:58

Whistleblowers, rejoice Beating the unique identifiers that printers can add to documents for security purposes is possible: you just need to add extra dots beyond those that security tools...

Mobile Devices Exposed to Spying via Malicious Batteries: Researchers
2018-06-25 13:38

A team of researchers has demonstrated that specially crafted batteries installed in a smartphone can allow malicious actors to harvest and exfiltrate sensitive information. read more

iPhone pwned? Researcher says he can unlock iOS without running out of tries
2018-06-23 00:36

A security researcher says he's found a way to guess iPhone lock codes without getting blocked after 10 mistakes.

Google Researcher Discovers a Critical Bug in Modern Web Browsers
2018-06-20 17:48

Google researcher has discovered a severe vulnerability in modern web browsers that could have allowed websites you visit to steal the sensitive content of your online accounts from other websites...

Google Devices Leak Precise Physical Locations: Researcher
2018-06-20 11:55

A newly discovered attack against Google Home and Chromecast devices can reveal a user’s precise physical location, a security researcher has discovered. read more

Researchers Find 21,000 Exposed Container Orchestration Systems
2018-06-20 11:39

Researchers Discovered More Than 21,000 Container Orchestration and API Management Systems Exposed to the Public Internet read more

Researchers claim Chrome bug bounty paid to the wrong people
2018-06-19 12:42

Yubico has been drawn into a rare public spat over how the discovery of a security flaw affecting it products was credited.

Inside the Legislative and Regulatory Minefield Confronting Cybersecurity Researchers
2018-06-19 12:01

Legislation – especially complex legislation – often comes with unintended consequences. The EU’s General Data protection Regulation (GDPR), which came into force May 25, 2018, is an example of...

Pwned with '4 lines of code': Researchers warn SCADA systems are still hopelessly insecure
2018-06-18 09:43

How Shamoon and Stuxnet et al ran riot BSides Industrial control systems could be exposed not just to remote hackers, but to local attacks and physical manipulation as well.…