Security

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Fri, 09 Aug 2024 18:37:12 +0000

Six vulnerabilities in ATM-maker Diebold Nixdorf’s popular Vynamic Security Suite could have been exploited to control ATMs using “relatively simplistic attacks.”

Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Fri, 09 Aug 2024 12:00:00 +0000

Researchers warn that a bug in AMD’s chips would allow attackers to root into some of the most privileged portions of a computer—and that it has persisted in the company’s processors for decades.

Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Fri, 09 Aug 2024 11:00:00 +0000

A team of researchers have developed a method for extracting authentication keys out of HID encoders, which could allow hackers to clone the types of keycards used to secure offices and other areas worldwide.

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2024 23:22:16 +0000

One hacker solved the CrowdStrike outage mystery with simple crash reports, illustrating the wealth of detail about potential bugs and vulnerabilities those key documents hold.

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2024 21:19:16 +0000

New research shows how known techniques for finding weaknesses in websites are actually practical in uncovering vulnerabilities, for better or worse.

Credit to Author: Matt Burgess| Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2024 18:20:00 +0000

Attacks on Microsoft’s Copilot AI allow for answers to be manipulated, data extracted, and security protections bypassed, new research shows.

Credit to Author: Matt Burgess| Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2024 14:50:18 +0000

The Smishing Triad network sends up to 100,000 scam texts per day globally. One of those messages went to Grant Smith, who infiltrated their systems and exposed them to US authorities.