Security News

Black Hat 2018: Mixed Signal Microcontrollers Open to Side-Channel Attacks
2018-08-08 20:30

In mixed-design radio chips the processor’s activity leaks into the analog portion of the chip - and is broadcast as output.

Signal Sciences announced its new Network Learning Exchange and Power Rules offerings
2018-08-02 10:20

Signal Sciences announced its new Network Learning Exchange (NLX) and Power Rules offerings. The new capabilities offer a network data feed of confirmed threats to provide warning to other Signal...

Boffins: Mixed-signal silicon can SCREAM your secrets to all
2018-07-27 01:01

'Screaming Channels', a side-channel baked into off-the-shelf Wi-Fi, Bluetooth silicon Side-channel radio attacks just got a whole lot worse: a group of researchers from Eurocom's Software and...

Attackers Can Use Sonic and Ultrasonic Signals to Crash Hard Drives
2018-05-31 10:18

Researchers have demonstrated how sonic and ultrasonic signals (inaudible to human) can be used to cause physical damage to hard drives just by playing ultrasonic sounds through a target...

Japan's Directorate for Signals Intelligence
2018-05-21 14:54

The Intercept has a long article on Japan's equivalent of the NSA: the Directorate for Signals Intelligence. Interesting, but nothing really surprising. The directorate has a history that dates...

Signal bugs, car hack antics, the Adobe flaw you may have missed, and much more
2018-05-19 08:29

EFF wins another privacy battle, ICE chips off AI spy plan Roundup Here's your guide to this week's infosec news beyond what we've already covered.…

Another severe flaw in Signal desktop app lets hackers steal your chats in plaintext
2018-05-16 14:18

For the second time in less than a week, users of the popular end-to-end encrypted Signal messaging app have to update their desktop applications once again to patch another severe code injection...

Serious XSS vulnerability discovered in Signal
2018-05-16 10:37

Researchers have discovered a serious cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting all desktop versions of Edward Snowden’s favourite security application, Signal.

Deleted Signal Messages Linger on macOS
2018-05-15 15:57

Messages from the Signal desktop application for Mac are not deleted from the machine, but instead copied to the notifications bar, where they persist, a security researcher warns. read more

Signal Flaw Allowed Code Execution With No User Interaction
2018-05-15 14:26

An update released over the weekend for the desktop version of the privacy-focused communications app Signal patches a critical vulnerability that could have been exploited for remote code...