In early January, it was revealed that nearly every computer chip made in the past 20 years contains fundamental security flaws called Spectre and Meltdown. Both bugs use a side-channel analysis attack, where malicious code can let attackers see information stored in...
In 1995, the EU introduced its Data Protection Directive to protect consumers. But 20 years later, with rapid changes in technology, the Data Protection Directive now seems outdated. Consumers are more worried than ever about what companies do with their consumer...
As if it weren’t already bad enough, phishing just got easier for the bad guys. A security researcher recently uncovered what is being dubbed “Mailsploit,” a variety of methods for making the identification of fake emails extremely difficult for the end user....
Some Internet-connected surveillance cameras could be doing more harm than good. Researchers from ReFirm Labs, a Maryland cybersecurity startup founded by former National Security Agency employees, recently discovered vulnerabilities in TRENDnet, Belkin, and Dahua...
Voice assistants – just like dolphins – can hear high frequencies that humans can’t hear. And a team of security researchers from Zhejiang University recently found that this ability to hear inaudible sounds (frequencies above 20KhZ) provide cybercriminals the...
