A group of Israeli researchers has devised a new technique to exfiltrate data from a PC in an air-gapped network through malware controlled via scanners. The team was composed of Ben Nassi, a graduateRead More →
Microsoft recently fixed a vulnerability in its video chat and messaging app Skype that could have allowed an attacker to execute code on the system it was running on, phishRead More →
Did script kiddies use DoublePulsar code released by NSA-leaking Shadow Brokers? Security experts believe that tens of thousands of Windows computers may have been infected by a highly advanced NationalRead More →
The developer of the AES-NI ransomware claims that the recent “success” he’s been enjoying is due to the NSA exploits leaked last week by the Shadow Brokers group. In aRead More →
Cyber security experts disclosed the existence of 10 unpatched security flaws in dozens of Linksys routers widely used today. The IOActive senior security consultant Tao Sauvage and the independent securityRead More →
Like many in the security industry, we’ve been busy investigating the implications of the Shadow Brokers leak, with the DOUBLEPULSAR payload in particular attracting our attention. Like many in theRead More →
Code-execution flaw is triggered by plugging a booby-trapped USB into vulnerable PCs. One of the Microsoft Windows vulnerabilities used to spread the Stuxnet worm that targeted Iran remained the mostRead More →
Sensors used to detect the level of ambient light can be used to steal browser data, according to privacy expert Lukasz Olejnik. Over the past decade, ambient light sensors haveRead More →
The InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) claims the implementation of its Secure Payment Solution (SPS) has helped to minimize a recent data breach that may have affected as many as 1,000Read More →
Sensors in phones running both iOS and Android reveal all kinds of sensitive info. Smartphones know an awful lot about us. They know if we’re in a car that’s speeding,Read More →
