SIM Swapper Abducted, Beaten, Held for $200k Ransom

SIM Swapper Abducted, Beaten, Held for $200k Ransom

A Florida teenager who served as a lackey for a cybercriminal group that specializes in cryptocurrency thefts was beaten and kidnapped last week by a rival cybercrime gang. The teen's captives held ...
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What is Foreshadow, and How Can You Overcome this Vulnerability?

What is Foreshadow, and How Can You Overcome this Vulnerability? Earlier this month it was revealed that another vulnerability – the fourth – was discovered in Intel’s x86 chip architecture. Researchers in ...
Microsoft Pushes Microcode Updates for Foreshadow CPU Flaws

Microsoft Pushes Microcode Updates for Foreshadow CPU Flaws

Microsoft has released patches for Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016 that update the microcode for some Intel microprocessors to address CPU vulnerabilities, including the recently announced Foreshadow flaws. Foreshadow, or L1 ...
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Security Boulevard’s 5 Most Read Stories for the Week, August 13-17

A new week, a new crop of security stories. Last week, lack of user privacy, man-in-the-attack, dumb privacy rules and Intel CPUs vulnerabilities made the headlines. In addition, we discussed how to get ...
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New Foreshadow Vulnerabilities Defeat Memory Defenses on Intel CPUs

Security researchers have uncovered a new way to exploit the speculative execution feature of Intel CPUs to bypass memory security barriers and leak protected information. The vulnerability, known as Foreshadow or L1 ...
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