August 2018

LAS VEGAS – By tweaking just two lines of code, a researcher stumbled on an Apple zero-day that could allow a local attacker to virtually Read More

When we order food online, book a plane ticket or purchase seats for a show, we often get an email confirmation with a handy link Read More

LAS VEGAS – In recent years there has been more attention paid to the security of medical devices; however, there has been little security research Read More

Smart-city technology continues to roll out in municipalities worldwide – everything from automated alerts about weather hazards and traffic issues to smart lighting and connected Read More

There are lots of Holy Grails when it comes to compromising endpoints. One of them has long been an attack that leads to kernel ring0 Read More

LAS VEGAS -Like many good hacks, necessity was the mother of invention for researcher Guillaume Valadon. When the head of the network security laboratory at Read More

LAS VEGAS – Researchers sounded the security alarm here at Black Hat over issues tied to voice control – specifically with the Windows Cortana service. Read More

Threatlist: Manufacturing a Top Target for Espionage Vectra’s 2018 Spotlight Report found that attackers can easily spy, spread and steal information, largely unhindered by the Read More

LAS VEGAS – Taking aim at the status-quo of MacOS firewalls, researcher Patrick Wardle has made his case for Apple and third-party security firms to Read More

LAS VEGAS – Prolific Google bug hunter Ian Beer ripped into Apple on Wednesday, urging the iPhone maker to change its culture when it comes Read More