13 Critical Flaws Discovered in AMD Ryzen and EPYC Processors

Haythem Elmir

Security researchers have discovered 13 critical Spectre/Meltdown-like vulnerabilities throughout AMD’s Ryzen and EPYC lines of processors that could allow attackers to access sensitive data, install persistent malware inside the chip, and gain full access to the compromised systems. All these vulnerabilities lie in the secure part of the AMD’s Zen architecture […]

Facebook Flaws Exposed Friend Lists, Payment Card Data

Haythem Elmir

A researcher last year discovered some information disclosure vulnerabilities in Facebook that exposed users’ friend lists and partial payment card information. The social media giant patched one of the flaws within hours. Web security consultant Josip Franjković had been analyzing the Facebook application for Android when he identified a flaw […]

LARGE SCALE TROJAN ATTACKS SEEK CRYPTOCURRENCY

Haythem Elmir

Despite Russia’s growing comfort with the crypto industry, they suffered large-scale attacks from cybercriminals attempting to install crypto mining malware this week. Nearly half a million computers experienced a persistent 12 hour attack. The attack was easily foiled On March 6, a large-scale attack on over 400 thousand PC’s took […]