Electronics Security Vulnerability in thousands of Medtronic implantable defibrillators could let hackers control devices The DHS has issued an alert By Rob Thubron, March 22, 2019, 6:27 AM 7 comments
Electronics Security Logitech's M185 and other popular wireless mice are vulnerable to MouseJack attacks Hackers can control your PC from up to 100 meters away By Cohen Coberly, March 18, 2019, 3:12 PM
Security Hardware AMD addresses Spoiler vulnerability: Ryzen users are safe from this one By Eric Hamilton, March 17, 2019, 10:22 PM 10 comments
The Web Security Major Windows 7 zero-day discovered, enables privilege escalation in combination with another Chrome exploit Microsoft believes it only affects Windows 7 32-bit systems By William Gayde, March 8, 2019, 6:12 AM 14 comments
Security Google Google wants you to update Chrome right now The zero-day exploit could give hackers direct access to your OS if you don't update your browser By Dean Pennington, March 7, 2019, 2:14 PM 10 comments
Security Apple macOS Mojave contains a major flaw that can reveal passwords and encryption keys to attackers with physical access Researcher is withholding the details from Apple in protest over its lack of a Bug Bounty program By Cal Jeffrey, February 6, 2019, 4:51 PM
Microsoft Security Microsoft releases emergency patch for Internet Explorer The vulnerability has already been actively exploited By Rob Thubron, December 20, 2018, 6:58 AM
Security Hardware Meet the latest vulnerability in your multi-threaded CPU: PortSmash Researchers say it's a big issue, but Intel disagrees By Isaiah Mayersen, November 3, 2018, 10:09 AM 17 comments
Security ESET has discovered the first UEFI rootkit in the wild Persistence that can survive most hardware upgrades By Greg Synek, September 27, 2018, 8:43 AM
Security Hardware WD My Cloud security flaw gives attackers full access One year on and company is yet to patch the gaping hole By Paul Taylor, September 19, 2018, 4:50 PM
Security Apple Crash your iPhone with just a few lines of CSS Safari on macOS is also affected By David Matthews, September 17, 2018, 11:31 AM
Microsoft Windows zero-day vulnerability revealed Microsoft might not release a patch until September 11 By Rob Thubron, August 29, 2018, 5:23 AM
Security Hardware Foreshadow: the fifth major CPU security flaw discovered in 2018 Vulnerability can bypass Intel's SGX security measures By Cal Jeffrey and Julio Franco, August 14, 2018, 4:11 PM 20 comments
Security Researchers show how fax machines can be easily hacked There are still millions of fax machines in use By Rob Thubron, August 13, 2018, 6:35 AM
Security Comcast flaws exposed partial home addresses, Social Security numbers of 26.5 million customers Comcast has since patched the flaws By Shawn Knight, August 9, 2018, 10:18 AM
Mobile Security DHS warns of vulnerabilities in millions of smartphones "AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, and T-Mobile customers could be at risk" -- so basically everybody By Cal Jeffrey, August 8, 2018, 4:34 PM 13 comments
Security New Bluetooth bug could let nearby hackers monitor and steal your data Fixes are being rolled out now By Rob Thubron, July 25, 2018, 5:32 AM
Security Hardware Researchers warn of new Hyper-Threading-based Intel CPU vulnerability And Intel is refusing to patch it By Rob Thubron, June 26, 2018, 6:12 AM 8 comments
Security Intel CPUs have another bug that can leak sensitive information Lazy FP state restore can undermine encryption processes By Greg Synek, June 14, 2018, 8:35 AM 30 comments
Hardware Security Tech firms disclose new Spectre-style chip vulnerability Mitigations can result in a performance hit By Rob Thubron, May 22, 2018, 6:07 AM
Security Microsoft Microsoft's Patch Tuesday fixes zero-day exploit and privilege escalation vulnerability VBScript engine allowed for arbitrary code execution By Greg Synek, May 9, 2018, 12:02 PM
Security Gaming Exploit found in Nintendo Switch is impossible to patch, turns it into a hackable platform Issue in bootROM allows arbitrary code execution By Greg Synek, April 24, 2018, 9:53 AM 16 comments
Security Microsoft Microsoft patches critical Malware Protection Engine flaw An attacker could take control of a system and inflict all sorts of harm By Shawn Knight, April 4, 2018, 12:45 PM
Hardware Security Intel won't patch Spectre v2 flaw in older processors Some legacy users will be left out in the cold By Shawn Knight, April 4, 2018, 10:44 AM
Security Hardware AMD Ryzen and Epyc platforms at risk: More than a dozen critical security flaws discovered Is this AMD's version of Spectre / Meltdown flaws? By Shawn Knight, March 13, 2018, 11:10 AM 69 comments