Security News

Researchers Bypass Chip-and-Pin Protections at Black Hat (Threatpost)
2016-08-04 02:29

Researchers demonstrated how they can capture both Track 2 data and bypass chip and pin protections with a Raspberry Pi and infected pin pads at Black Hat.

Oracle EBusiness Suite ‘Massive’ Attack Surface Assessed (Threatpost)
2016-08-04 02:14

Oracle bug hunter David Litchfield scoured Oracle EBusiness Suite looking for vulnerabilities and shared what he found during a Black Hat talk.

Fixing ‘This Internet’ Before It Breaks Again (Threatpost)
2016-08-03 20:47

Dan Kaminsky advocates fixing today’s internet before it breaks the same way it did in the 1990s.

Export-Grade Crypto Patching Improves (Threatpost)
2016-08-03 14:00

A Black Hat talk this week is expected to take a deep dive into the ramifications of lingering support for export-grade cryptography and how patching levels are proceeding.

Unmasking xDedic’s Black Market for Servers and PCs (Threatpost)
2016-08-02 18:00

Black market machine trading has gone beyond the sale of servers and now includes PCs located on corporate networks or that contain sensitive data.

Bug Hunting Cyber Bots Set to Square Off at DEF CON (Threatpost)
2016-08-02 17:00

DARPA's Cyber Grand Challenge is set to culminate Thursday with a competition at DEF CON it's calling the CGC Final Event.

Yahoo Investigates 200 Million Alleged Accounts For Sale On Dark Web (Threatpost)
2016-08-02 16:51

Yahoo says that it is investigating an alleged massive breach of its users’ credential that are available for sale online.

Threatpost Black Hat Preview, August 2, 2016 (Threatpost)
2016-08-02 15:00

Mike Mimoso, Tom Spring, and Chris Brook preview Black Hat 2016, including Ivan Krstic's talk on Apple/iOS security, Dan Kaminsky's keynote, IoT, PAC malware, and more.

Kaspersky Lab Launches Bug Bounty Program (Threatpost)
2016-08-02 13:00

Kaspersky Lab today at Black Hat USA 2016 announced the launch of a public bug bounty, one of the few offered by a software vendor in the computer security industry.

Google Patches Dozens of Critical Qualcomm Components Flaws (Threatpost)
2016-08-01 18:00

Google today in the monthly Android Security Bulletin patched more than three-dozen critical vulnerabilities in Qualcomm components.