Security News

Week in review: Hacking smart cities, leaked hacking tools, and detecting hardware Trojans (Help Net Security)
2016-08-22 12:00

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: eBook: Defending against crypto ransomware Download your copy of the Defending against crypto ransomware eBook and get...

New Brazilian Banking Trojan Uses Windows PowerShell Utility (Threatpost)
2016-08-19 17:00

A new sophisticated banking Trojan targeting Brazilians via a malicious .PIF file that changes browser proxy settings.

Vawtrak Banking Trojan Adds DGA, SSL Pinning (Threatpost)
2016-08-16 14:24

Attackers behind the banking Trojan Vawtrak fortified it with a domain generation algorithm (DGA) and SSL pinning capabilities.

New method for detecting hardware Trojans (Help Net Security)
2016-08-15 13:00

Modern computer chips are made up of hundreds of millions – often billions – of transistors. Such complexity enables the smartphone in your back pocket to perform all manner of powerful...