Threatpost News Wrap, May 9, 2014
Dennis Fisher and Mike Mimoso discuss the major news stories of the last couple of weeks, including the proposal in TLS 1.3 to drop RSA key transport, the Snapchat FTC settlement and the end of Windows...
View ArticleNSA Official: Support for Compromised Dual EC Algorithm Was ‘Regrettable’
In a new article in an academic math journal, the NSA’s director of research says that the agency’s decision not to withdraw its support of the Dual EC_DRBG random number generator after security...
View ArticlePreviewing RSA 2015 with Brian Donohue
Dennis Fisher talks with Brian Donohue in advance of Brian's first visit to the RSA Conference this week. They discuss what to expect in terms of the content, the chaos and the suit-to-civilian ratio...
View ArticleJeremiah Grossman on Adapting to a Changing Market
Dennis Fisher talks with Jeremiah Grossman of WhiteHat Security about his RSA Conference talk on the coming change in the security industry regarding guarantees, security insurance and how it will all...
View ArticleCrypto ‘Front Door’ Debate Likely to Go On For Years
SAN FRANCISCO–Encryption is the hot new topic in security at the moment, as it has been any number of times in the last few decades. And, as in the past, the notions of key escrow, mandated legal...
View ArticleMicrosoft Data Shows Drop in Remote Code Execution Bugs Being Exploited
SAN FRANCISCO–One of the downsides to being a software company with a huge customer base is that your products are going to be prime targets for attackers. But the flip side to that coin is that you’re...
View Article‘Fully Secure Systems Don’t Exist’
SAN FRANCISCO–The more things change, the more they stay the same. Thirty years ago, Adi Shamir, one of the inventors of the RSA algorithm, was asked to do a keynote speech at a conference and spoke...
View ArticleiOS Vulnerability Could Force Devices Into Endless Reboot Loop
Researchers stumbled upon a vulnerability recently that can force any iPhone or iPad into a perpetual reboot loop.
View ArticlePodcast: News From RSA 2015
Dennis Fisher, Mike Mimoso and Brian Donohue discuss the news of the week from the RSA Conference.
View ArticleNIST Drops Weak Dual_EC RNG From Official Recommendations
NIST officially has removed the controversial and compromised Dual_EC_DRBG from its list of recommended algorithms for generating random numbers.
View ArticleResearchers Uncover ‘Terracotta’ Chinese VPN Service Used by APT Crews for Cover
Building a business can be expensive and time-consuming, and owners will look for ways to save money wherever they can. Researchers from RSA Security have found a VPN provider in China that is taking...
View ArticleStealthy GlassRAT Spies on Commercial Targets
RSA has uncovered GlassRAT, a spy tool targeting commercial targets that's signed with a stolen certificate from a large developer in China.
View ArticleThreatpost News Wrap, February 29, 2016
Mike Mimoso and Chris Brook discuss the news of the week including the ongoing FBiOS battle, a court ruling re: Tor, and Operation Blockbuster.
View ArticleOpenSSL Operating With Renewed Vision Two Years After Heartbleed
At the RSA Conference, nearly two years after Heartbleed, members of OpenSSL's Development Team described some benefits the nasty bug afforded them.
View ArticleThreatpost News Wrap, March 4, 2016
Mike Mimoso and Chris Brook recap RSA 2016, the pervasiveness of the FBI vs. Apple debate, OpenSSL two years after Heartbleed, and why hacking back is always a bad idea.
View ArticleChris Valasek Talks Car Hacking, IoT, at RSA
Threatpost editor Mike Mimoso talks to Chris Valasek, Security Lead, Uber ATC, about the talk he and Charlie Miller gave at RSA, hacking cars, the challenges around getting manufacturers to patch...
View ArticleJamie Butler on Detecting Targeting Attacks
Mike Mimoso talks to Endgame chief technology officer Jamie Butler about targeted attacks, ransomware, and what defenders are doing about detecting attacks on their networks.
View ArticleThreatpost News Wrap, February 13, 2017
RSA 2017 is previewed and last week's report on iOS apps being vulnerable to interception attacks, macro malware coming to MacOS, and new Uber open source module are discussed.
View ArticleCryptographers Dismiss AI, Quantum Computing Threats
Cryptographers said at the RSA Conference Tuesday they’re skeptical that advances in quantum computing and artificial intelligence will profoundly transform computer security.
View ArticleSchneier Brings Campaign for IoT Regulation to RSA
Citing IoT insecurity, Bruce Schneier called on technologists to get involved with IoT policy at RSA.
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