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New method validates the integrity of computer chips using x-rays

Guaranteeing that computer chips, that can consist of billions of interconnected transistors, are manufactured without defects is a challenge. But how to determine if a chip …

PDFex attacks can exfiltrate content from encrypted PDF documents

Researchers from Ruhr University Bochum and Münster University of Applied Sciences have devised new attacks allowing them (and potential attackers) to recover the plaintext …

connected house
Should you trust your smart TV or streaming device?

“Smart” devices might be handy and offer higher quality services, but users should be aware that everything comes with a price. And we’re not talking here …

connected car
Improving the security, privacy and safety of future connected vehicles

The security, privacy and safety of connected autonomous vehicles (CAVs) has been improved thanks to testing at WMG, University of Warwick. CAVs can now connect to each other, …

X-Ray
Confidential data of 24.3 million patients discovered online

Greenbone Networks has released details of new research in to the security of the servers used by health providers across the world to store images of X-rays as well as CT, …

Simjacker
Simjacker vulnerability actively exploited to track, spy on mobile phone owners

Following extensive research, AdaptiveMobile Security has uncovered a new and previously undetected vulnerability. This vulnerability is currently being exploited and is being …

smartphone hear
Is your smartphone secretly listening to you?

The question of whether our smartphones are always listening to us is cropping up on online forums and Twitter almost daily, and most users have had the experience of talking …

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Bots evolving to better mimic humans during elections

Bots or fake accounts enabled by artificial intelligence on social media have evolved and are now better able to copy human behaviors in order to avoid detection, according to …

USBAnywhere
BMC vulnerabilities in Supermicro servers allow remote takeover, data exfiltration attacks

A slew of vulnerabilities affecting the baseboard management controllers (BMCs) of Supermicro servers could be exploited by remote attackers to gain access to corporate …

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What can be done about the rising click interception threat?

Ad networks’ increasingly successful efforts to detect bot-based ad click fraud has forced attackers to focus more on intercepting and redirecting legitimate users’ …

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Should you block newly registered domains? Researchers say yes

7 out of 10 newly registered domains (NRDs) are either malicious, suspicious or not safe for work, say Palo Alto Networks researchers, and advise organizations to block access …

Identifying vulnerable IoT devices by the companion app they use

For better or worse, connected “smart” devices are springing up like mushrooms. There is no doubt that they can be very helpful but, unfortunately, most have a …

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