July 2018

Microsoft has released additional Windows 10 mitigations for the Spectre side-channel flaw revealed in January, with an expanded lineup of firmware (microcode) updates for Intel CPUs Read More

How can we keep up with the social media threat landscape as it grows to include more malware, hacks and scams? We discuss on the Read More

Google has released its manifesto of principles guiding its efforts in the artificial intelligence realm – though some say the salvo isn’t as complete as Read More

Threatpost editors discuss the stories behind the biggest news that broke this week. Read More

Southwestern/Texas-themed restaurant chain Chili’s has become the latest victim of a data breach involving the heist of point-of-sale information from payment cards — and the Read More

Public emergency alert sirens, designed to both warn the masses of a crisis and direct them to safety, can be compromised by attackers who can Read More

Virtual machines that use AMD’s Secure Encrypted Virtualization (SEV), a hardware-based encryption scheme, have been found to be vulnerable to attacks that can extract the Read More

CANCUN, Mexico – As investigations continue into a backdoor that was planted in the CCleaner utility in 2017, Avast said it has found that the Read More

A malware dubbed Vega Stealer has been uncovered, looking to make off with saved credentials and credit-card information in the Chrome and Firefox browsers. While Read More

Four years after the initial iteration was released, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released version 1.1 of the Framework for Improving Read More