computer security vulnerabilities

It looks as though there is no easy way to fix these vulnerabilities. Retrospectively adding security into an existing system without breaking backward compatibility often yields Band-Aid like solutions, which don't hold up under extreme circumstances, according to the paper. Addressing the authentication ...

As organizations adopt cloud computing and virtualization technologies, hackers are taking full advantage of the data exfiltration and computer hijacking opportunities provided by the dissolving security perimeter. The increasing rate of security incidents shows the urgency of identifying and protecting ...

The price of convenience is examined as security researcher Saleem Rashid reveals vulnerabilities in the Ledger hardware wallet. ... the right way, produce the 20 plus word paraphrase needed to access a wallet in one part, but not revealing the key itself to the computer the device is directly connected to.

Around 2003, a computer security portent that had been cheerlessly simmering away for years suddenly came to the boil. ... from a tactical tool to a critical component of any sound security strategy, and Common Vulnerabilities Scoring System has become the golden standard for vulnerability prioritisation.".

The company will consider actions consistent with the policy as constituting “authorized” conduct under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), and if a third party initiates legal action, Dropbox will make it clear when a researcher was acting in compliance with the policy. Dropbox is requesting ...

Man working on the computer with bitcoin analyst software. Specialistic programmer ... Saleem Rashid, a 15-year-old security researcher living in the UK, has discovered a serious vulnerability in Ledger's hardware crypto-wallets. Ledger, is a ... “All systems have vulnerabilities. That's part of the life of any ...

Patterson called the Spectre vulnerability, which tricks running programs to hand over private data, an "existential attack on how we build processors today ... Santa Clara-based chip maker Intel said last week that it has made progress in fighting the vulnerabilities through software patches and an upcoming ...

Currently, the two key precautions recommended for safe use is to have one password per service (if possible generated randomly and kept in a digital safe) and to be careful to secure sensitive services, such as e-mail addresses and login information (by using the protective measures provided by these ...

Hackers are using a five-year-old security vulnerability to infect Linux servers with cryptocurrency-mining malware. ... While cooling fan activity might increase, due to a greater demand for computer power, might be noticeable in some instances, the average user isn't going to think about it as much as a ...

Dmitry Evtyushkin, an assistant professor in William & Mary's Department of Computer Science, has been studying the security vulnerabilities of ... Publications around the globe warned of the biggest computer chip vulnerability ever discovered, a series of security flaws affecting any device with a ...

Dmitry Evtyushkin, an assistant professor in William & Mary's Department of Computer Science, has been studying the security vulnerabilities of ... Publications around the globe warned of the biggest computer chip vulnerability ever discovered, a series of security flaws affecting any device with a ...

CTS Labs, an Israel-based hardware security company, released on Tuesday a whitepaper and website describing flaws they discovered in two lines of computer chips produced by the company AMD. CTS Labs hasn't released the actual exploits and only describes the flaws in the EPYC and Ryzen ...

Security researchers from Preempt say the flaw (CVE-2018-0886) can be abused to run remote commands on gain control over Windows domain controllers, ... According to a video and a report shared with Bleeping Computer before publication, an attacker can exploit the CredSSP vulnerability to execute ...

At their worst, the vulnerabilities as described would allow attackers to bypass security safeguards against tampering with the computer's operating ... "We believe that these vulnerabilities put networks that contain AMD computers at a considerable risk," reads a paper published by the CTS researchers.

A Taiwanese security researcher named Meh Chang discovered the bug, which he reported to the Exim crew on February 2. The Exim team released Exim distribution 4.90.1 on February 10 that fixes the RCE issue. The bug —tracked as CVE-2018-6789— is categorized as a "pre-auth remote code ...

Security researchers from Duo Labs and the US Computer Emergency Response Team Coordination Center (CERT/CC) will release security advisories today detailing a new SAML vulnerability that allows malicious attackers to authenticate as legitimate users without knowledge of the victim's password.