Security News

An academic paper demonstrates a new ASLR bypass executed through a side-channel attack against the branch target buffer in an Intel Haswell CPU.

A study finds risky apps leave mobile devices open to SMS denial-of-service attack and remote SIM card rooting.

The FruityArmor APT group was using one of the Windows zero days patched by Microsoft last week to escape sandboxes and carry out targeted attacks.

A research paper explains how attackers can use recordings of keystroke sounds captured in a Skype conversation to guess what's being typed.

Oracle fixed 253 vulnerabilities across 76 different products with its quarterly Critical Patch Update.

Security experts are reporting popular adult website Adult FriendFinder has been compromised by hackers who have gained access to the site's backend servers.

Level 3 Communications said the Mirai botnet has recruited close to 500,000 IoT devices since the malware’s source code was released.

The FruityArmor APT group was using one of the Windows zero days patched by Microsoft last week to escape sandboxes and carry out targeted attacks.

Legal scholars say the government is testing the limits of the Fifth Amendment in a landmark search warrant case.

Researchers say attackers are embedding malicious code in poorly configured Magento sites that hides stolen payment card data in images.