Non classé

Online scammers have made over $5,000 worth of Ethereum in one night alone, showing how gullible some cryptocurrency users can be. Miscreants achieved this by creating fake Twitter profiles for real-world celebrities and spamming the social network with messages tricking users to participate in « giveaways. » Crooks deceived users into sending […]

It has been a matter of days when we found out about the flaws in AMD, ARM and Intel’s computer microchips that allowed attackers to carry out Spectre and Meltdown attacks. Since these microchips are widely used in almost all desktops/laptops, smartphones and tablets, therefore, the discovery sent out shockwaves […]

Assessing Weaknesses in Public Key Infrastructure Spreading malware with a legitimate digital certificate is an adversary’s dream come true, with plenty of successful examples tracing back to nation-state attacks such as Stuxnet and Flame, and other misuse that crops up on a regular basis. For a group of University of Maryland researchers, the nagging […]