Experts poke holes in crypto protocol for more secure web

Europol said it has dismantled the cybercrime network behind the GozNym malware, which siphoned more than $100 million from businesses.

The feature still lets you see how others see you, but without leaking access tokens.

Unpatched Linux systems are vulnerable to remote compromise from the local network.

The city that gave us facial recognition tech says "not in my back yard".

Vulnerability could allow attackers to remotely access devices

One year later, the EU mandate's biggest impact has been to focus more attention on data protection and privacy, security analysts say.

In the early days of the Internet, there was a period when Internet Protocol 4 (IPv4) addresses (e.g. 4.4.4.4) were given out like cotton candy to anyone who asked. But these days companies are queuing up to obtain new IP space from the various regional registries that periodically dole out the prized digits. With the value of a single IP hovering between $15-$25, those registries are now fighting a wave of shady brokers who specialize in securing new IP address blocks under false pretenses and then reselling to spammers. Here's the story of one broker who fought back in the courts, and lost spectacularly.

On May 14, South Carolina U.S. Attorney Sherri Lydon filed criminal wire fraud charges against Amir Golestan, alleging he and his Charleston, S.C. based company Micfo LLC orchestrated an elaborate network of phony companies and aliases to gather more than 735,000 IPs from the American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN), a nonprofit which oversees IP addresses assigned to entities in the U.S., Canada, and parts of the Caribbean.

By Uzair Amir

Computers containing Intel chips from 2011 onwards are vulnerable to ZombieLoad bug. Intel processor chips have lately been accused of being flawed and unreliable in ensuring optimal computer performance and the current news further reinforces the fact that Intel needs to up its game and make its processor chips secure for users. According to security […]

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Google is offering free replacements for its Titan Security Key after discovering a misconfiguration in its pairing protocols.