Tor is an imperfect privacy platform. Ars meets the researchers trying to replace it. Since Edward Snowden stepped into the limelight from a hotel room in Hong Kong three years ago, use ofRead More →
Existing crypto software “wholly unequipped” to counter Rowhammer attacks. The world has seen the most unsettling attack yet resulting from the so-called Rowhammer exploit, which flips individual bits in computer memory. It’sRead More →
RAT is still in its early stages of development. An Arabic-speaking malware coder using the name Napoleon has released a new RAT (Remote Access Trojan/Tool) called Revenge, which he’s distributing forRead More →
Google declined to classify this as a security issue. British security researcher Aidan Woods discovered an issue on Google’s login page that allows clever attackers to automatically download files on theRead More →
Technique works on virtually all USB drives with no modifications necessary. In 2013, a document leaked by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden illustrated how a specially modified USB deviceRead More →
Roman Seleznev, aka “Track2,” was found guilty of 38 counts relating to fraud and theft. On Thursday, a federal jury in Seattle found Roman Seleznev guilty of stealing millions of creditRead More →
Let’s get into the nitty-gritty. The only way you can reset your password on Facebook (if you’ve forgotten one) is through entering a 6 digit passcode. Well that’s 10⁶ =Read More →
Exploiting server side bugs is a jackpot for hackers. Users tend to keep their data in one big pot – the server. This allows attackers to focus on one target,Read More →
As the uptake of SSL grows, Tim Blombery, systems engineer at A10 Networks, said threat actors are increasingly leveraging SSL-based encryption to hide malicious activity. As usage of Secure SocketsRead More →
One of the most active banking Trojans that we have observed recently in email and exploit kits is one often referred to as Ursnif or Gozi ISFB [6]. Thanks toRead More →
