Samsung Galaxy S8 Iris Scanner Fooled by a Photo
2017-05-24
A photo of a person’s eye taken at a medium distance is more than enough to trick a Samsung Galaxy S8 smartphone, according to researchers from the Chaos Computer ClubRead More →
New firmware for Netgear routers includes a data collection feature
2017-05-22
A new firmware released for NightHawk R7000 Netgear routers includes a remote data collection feature, here’s how to turn off it. In December, a researcher who used the online moniker AceW0rmRead More →
Yahoo retires ImageMagick library after 18-byte exploit leaks user email content
2017-05-22
The simple line of code made it possible for attackers to view private Yahoo Mail images. Yahoo has decided to retire the use of the ImageMagick library following a researcher’sRead More →
SSD Drives Vulnerable to Attacks That Corrupt User Data
2017-05-22
NAND flash memory chips, the building blocks of solid-state drives (SSDs), include what could be called “programming vulnerabilities” that can be exploited to alter stored data or shorten the SSD’sRead More →
The ultimate Linux Trojan horse: Windows Subsystem for Linux
2017-05-20
Fedora, openSUSE and Ubuntu are now available in the Windows Store, making life easier for Windows-dominant organizations to run open source software. I’m a Linux user. And, as the oldRead More →
DaFont Site Hacked, Almost 700K Accounts Exposed
2017-05-20
Hackers got access to usernames, email addresses, and plaintext passwords thanks to improper hashing. DaFont.com was hacked earlier this month, the company announced, exposing its entire database of almost 700,000Read More →
More people infected by recent WCry worm can unlock PCs without paying ransom
2017-05-20
A tool released on Friday decrypts PCs running a fuller suite of Windows versions. New hope glimmered on Friday for people hit by last week’s virulent ransomware worm after researchersRead More →
Windows XP hit by WannaCry ransomware? This tool could decrypt your infected files
2017-05-20
Windows XP wasn’t vulnerable to the WannaCry worm but still could be infected with the ransomware. Now there’s a tool to decrypt Windows XP machines attacked by WannaCry. French securityRead More →
Multiple Groups Have Been Exploiting ETERNALBLUE Weeks Before WannaCry
2017-05-19
We have found evidence of much more sophisticated actors leveraging the NSA ETERNALBLUE exploit to infect, install backdoors and exfiltrate user credentials in networks around the world, including the US,Read More →
Hacker Demands Ransom After Stealing Source Code From Famous App Maker
2017-05-19
Steven Frank, co-founder of Panic, a vendor of Mac and iOS apps, has admitted yesterday that a hacker stole some of his company’s source code. Frank says this happened afterRead More →
