Researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev have conducted studies centered on improving the security of medical imaging devices such as CT and mammography machines against cyberattacks. The increased connectivity of such devices makes them more…

Rowhammer is a hacking technique that attackers can use to cause electromagnetic leakage in a computer's memory chip and trigger bit flips in the data stored in memory. The data changes resulting from a Rowhammer attack can be used by attackers to obtain…

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Security researchers at Carbon Black warn of the expected increase in the launch of cyberattacks during the 2018 holiday season. Online shoppers and businesses need to be on the look out for phishing emails. This article continues to discuss the expected…

According to security researchers, printers still contain vulnerabilities that could allow attackers to perform malicious activities such as misconfigure devices, manipulate print jobs, compromise the network to which the devices are connected, and…

Threats of cyberattacks on the power grid are commonly labeled as low, medium, or high in terms of severity. However, such labeling has been deemed insufficient by a team of engineers at Iowa State University as the judgements made in this type of…

A security flaw on the US Postal Service (USPS) website that was discovered by a researcher more than a year ago has been fixed. The vulnerability exposed personal information belonging to 60 million users of the USPS website. This article continues to…

A warning has been issued by the US-CERT pertaining to the recent increase in phishing attacks and web-skimming attacks leading up to Black Friday and Cyber Monday. These attacks are aimed at stealing financial details such as payment card information…

A researcher from Privacy4Cars has discovered a new vehicle hack, called CarsBlues. The hack abuses vulnerabilities contained by infotainment systems in modern vehicles via the Bluetooth protocol. The use of this hack by attackers can enable them to…

The website for the Make-A-Wish Foundation was recently hit by a cryptojacking attack. The attack was discovered by a security researcher at Trustwave SpiderLabs, named Simon Kenin. According to Kenin, the malicious actors behind the cryptojacking attack…