Threatpost News Wrap, February 24, 2017
Mike Mimoso and Chris Brook recap RSA and discuss the news of the week including the impact of Cloudflare's "Cloudbleed" bug, Google breaking SHA-1, and more.
View ArticleKatie Moussouris on Bug Bounty Programs, Hack the Army, and Wassenaar
Katie Moussouris on how bug bounty programs have gone mainstream, the success of Hack the Pentagon and Hack the Army, and where things stand with the Wassenaar Arrangement.
View ArticleBruce Schneier on IoT Regulation
Bruce Schneier talks about the early days of the RSA Conference, his campaign for IoT regulation, and more.
View ArticleCody Pierce on the Future of Exploit Development
Mike Mimoso talks to Cody Pierce, director of vulnerability research and prevention with Endgame, at RSA Conference 2017 about how attackers are changing their techniques in the face of mitigations.
View ArticleLibgcrypt ‘Sliding Right’ Attack Allows Recovery of RSA-1024 Keys
GnuPG recently patched cryptographic library Libgcrypt, preventing a local side-channel attack; something that could have allowed full key recovery for RSA-1024.
View ArticleThreatpost RSA Conference 2018 Preview
Threatpost's Tom Spring and Lindsey O'Donnell talk about the top security trends that they are watching out for at the 2018 RSA Conference this week in San Francisco.
View ArticleAutomated Bots Growing Tool For Hackers
The use of automated bots is becoming more prevalent for novice attackers as tools become more available, researchers found.
View ArticleCryptominer Malware Threats Overtake Ransomware, Report Warns
Cryptomining malware is the top threat to watch out for 2018, according to a Q1 analysis of threats.
View ArticleRSAC 2018: Tech Giants Form Cybersecurity Tech Accord
Microsoft president Brad Smith at RSAC 2018 said more than 30 companies will oppose government cyberattacks on "innocent civilians."
View ArticleSide-Channel PoC Attack Lifts Private RSA Keys from Mobile Phones
Researchers launched a Proof-of-Concept attack on two Android mobile phones and an embedded system board.
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