No hacking required, as these Israeli researchers demonstrate how to steal data through PC components. A series of side-channel-attacks that can steal encryption keys by watching acoustic, electric, and electromagneticRead More →
Yesterday, FORBES published a profile of a $20 million spy service that exploits weaknesses in a critical piece of telecoms networks known as SS7, short for Signalling System No. 7. The companyRead More →
By Michael Casayuran, Rhena Inocencio, and Jay Yaneza At a glance, it seems that DRIDEX has dwindled its activities or operation, appearing only for a few days this May. ThisRead More →
Russia has arrested 50 people accused of using malware to steal more than 1.7 bn roubles ($25m; £18m). The gang allegedly seeded websites with malware that gave them access to victims’Read More →
SECURITY FLAWS IN software can be tough to find. Purposefully planted ones—hidden backdoors created by spies or saboteurs—are often even stealthier. Now imagine a backdoor planted not in an application,Read More →
Remote-control tool wobbles offline, blames bad passwords for compromises. Updated TeamViewer users say their computers were hijacked and bank accounts emptied all while the software company’s systems mysteriously fell offline. TeamViewerRead More →
Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) refer to the first boot of a new PC as the out-of-box experience (OOBE). As you battle your way through modal dialogues for questionable software, andRead More →
Over 1.5 billion users in danger thanks to new exploit. A hacker going by the handle BuggiCorp is selling a zero-day vulnerability affecting all Windows OS versions that can allow anRead More →
PG&E denies any wrongdoing, says it was only a test server. MacKeeper security researcher Chris Vickery, the scourge of all companies that run unprotected MongoDB databases, revealed yesterday another case ofRead More →
