In the decade Since hacker Barnaby Jack famously spray-painted an ATM on the stage at the 2010 Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas, so-called jackpotting has become a popular criminal era, with heists netting tens of millions of dollars around the world. And over time, attackers have become increasingly …
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A billion as more Android devices are vulnerable to hacks that could turn them into spy tools by exploiting more than 400 vulnerabilities in Qualcomm’s Snapdragon chip, researchers reported this week. ARS TECHNICA This story originally appeared on Ars Technica, a trusted source for technology news, tech policy analysis, reviews, …
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Most people use it whether an app, an online platform, or a small hardware device as a wallet to store their cryptocurrency securely. The exchanges through which cryptocurrency changes hands, though, and other high-stakes operations are something more needed than a massive digital bank vault. At Black Hat’s security conference …
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Last August, Apple announced that it would distribute special iPhones to elite security researchers. The idea was to offer a device that had fewer restrictions, allowing researchers to focus on security vulnerabilities more easily, without having to work on the standard iOS defenses first. Starting today, you can apply to …
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From WannaCry and NotPetya hit the Internet just over three years ago, the security industry has analyzed every new Windows bug that could be used to create a similar worm that shakes the world. Now, a potentially “problematic” vulnerability, which means an attack can spread from one machine to another …
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