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BranchScope: Another Processor-Based Attack
Much like Spectre, BranchScope is an attack that focuses on the processor's branch prediction system. That doesn't mean the processors are hopelessly vulnerable. It just means that as more researchers start exploring various features in modern CPUs, more issues will be found.
New DIY Method Lets Researchers Recover Data from Hardware Chips
Many Internet of Things manufacturers handled security by disabling hardware debugging and locking down the firmware. Security researchers need to bypass these barriers so that they can find and help fix the actual security issues. A researcher talks about a technique gets researchers down to the silicon level.
Washington, Facebook, and the Privacy Reckoning
Federal legislators are asking Facebook, Google, and Twitter executives to come to Washington to discuss privacy concerns.
Georgia Bill Casts a Chill on Security Research
A bill in the Georgia senate would criminalize some activities that security researchers commonly perform.
GitHub Alerts Help Fix Bugs in Ruby, JavaScript Code
When GitHub unveiled its Security Alerts scanning feature last November, it was betting that if project owners knew which software components they were using had vulnerabilities, they would update them with patched versions. GitHub said that by Dec. 1, 450,000 vulnerabilities had been resolved, either by removing the dependency entirely or swapping out with a more recent, patched version. That's a little over 10 percent of the vulnerabilities addressed, right off the bat.
Be Careful Using Machine Learning in Security
Recent advances in artificial intelligence, especially in deep learning and other machine learning approaches, are really exciting for the future of security. In the rush to roll out AI in security technology, it is easy to forget that machine learning is just a tool, and that like any tool, is the most effective when used by an expert.
CLOUD Act Grants Broad New Data-Gathering Powers to Governments
The CLOUD Act gives governments new powers to seize data stored in other countries, raising privacy concerns.
Understanding the Virtual CSO
Organizations don't have to decide between hiring a CSO/CISO or not having a security leader at all. They can tap the CISO's security expertise by working with a virtual CSO. Gal Shpantzer and Wim Remes talk about the challenges of being an intricate part of the organization's security but still an outsider.
The Encryption Storm on the Horizon
The issues over encrypted data faced by Telegram in Russia and Apple in China could portend a conflict in the U.S. soon.
Andy Ellis Has Your Back
Akamai CSO Andy Ellis takes an uncommon approach to his job, distributing responsibility for security across the organization.
The Faces Change, But the Crypto Problem Remains the Same
The FBI and NSA desire to weaken encryption is still the same, despite change at the top of the agencies.
IoT Security: Hard Problem, No Easy Answers
It’s easy to talk the security talk, but it isn’t so easy to walk the walk. We learned that the hard way at a IoT security workshop during the 2018 Security Analyst Summit. We were asked to design a security product to protect an average household’s collection of IoT devices.
Vulnerability Disclosure Doesn’t Mean Scaring Users
The disclosure this week of several new vulnerabilities in AMD chips--without any technical details--has again raised concerns about the way some researchers choose to deal with vendors on vulnerability research.
Mapping the Internet, Who’s Who? (Part Three)
It turned out to be harder than expected to create a definitive list of who is poking the Internet and looking for information about devices. Enter Grey Noise, whose mission is to count the scanners. While scanners scour the Internet looking for things, Grey Noise eavesdrops on everyone—researchers, defenders, and malicious actors—doing the scanning.
Privacy Concerns Arise With Some Connected Cars
Some connected cars will download and permanently store data from phones that sync to them.