Month: November 2021

Intel is Maintaining Legacy Technology for Security Research

Posted on By infossl
Security technology, Uncategorized

Interesting: Intel’s issue reflects a wider concern: Legacy technology can introduce cybersecurity weaknesses. Tech makers constantly improve their products to take advantage of speed and power increases, but customers don’t always upgrade at the same pace. This creates a long tail of old products that remain in widespread use, vulnerable to attacks. Intel’s answer to … Read More “Intel is Maintaining Legacy Technology for Security Research” »

Apple Sues NSO Group

Posted on By infossl
apple, courts, exploits, Security technology, spyware, Uncategorized

Piling more on NSO Group’s legal troubles, Apple is suing it: The complaint provides new information on how NSO Group infected victims’ devices with its Pegasus spyware. To prevent further abuse and harm to its users, Apple is also seeking a permanent injunction to ban NSO Group from using any Apple software, services, or devices. … Read More “Apple Sues NSO Group” »

New Rowhammer Technique

Posted on By infossl
hardware, Security technology, side-channel attacks, Uncategorized

Rowhammer is an attack technique involving accessing — that’s “hammering” — rows of bits in memory, millions of times per second, with the intent of causing bits in neighboring rows to flip. This is a side-channel attack, and the result can be all sorts of mayhem. Well, there is a new enhancement: All previous Rowhammer … Read More “New Rowhammer Technique” »

Is Microsoft Stealing People’s Bookmarks?

Posted on By infossl
browsers, microsoft, privacy, Security technology, Uncategorized, web privacy

I received email from two people who told me that Microsoft Edge enabled synching without warning or consent, which means that Microsoft sucked up all of their bookmarks. Of course they can turn synching off, but it’s too late. Has this happened to anyone else, or was this user error of some sort? If this … Read More “Is Microsoft Stealing People’s Bookmarks?” »

Wire Fraud Scam Upgraded with Bitcoin

Posted on By infossl
bitcoin, cryptocurrency, fbi, fraud, scams, Security technology, Uncategorized

The FBI has issued a bulletin describing a bitcoin variant of a wire fraud scam: As the agency describes it, the scammer will contact their victim and somehow convince them that they need to send money, either with promises of love, further riches, or by impersonating an actual institution like a bank or utility company. … Read More “Wire Fraud Scam Upgraded with Bitcoin” »