Jackpotting Attacks Hitting U.S. ATMs Per Secret Service

ATM manufacturers sent notices to banks late last week warning that "jackpotting" attacks have come to the U.S.

Healthcare Providers Still Paralyzed Following Allscripts Ransomware Attack

Allscripts, one of the larger electronic health records (EHR) vendors in the U.S., is continuing to grapple with a ransomware attack.

You Get Warrantless Surveillance! And You Get Warrantless Surveillance!

The US Senate reauthorized a controversial NSA surveillance program on Thursday.

Mailchimp Fixes Flaw Found Leaking User Email Addresses

The service, which allows companies to send email newsletters, invitations and more, fixed an issue that could have leaked a user's email address.

Microsoft Partners with Signal to Bring End-to-end Encrypted Messaging to Skype

Skype will soon join the likes of Facebook Messenger, Apple's iMessage, and WhatsApp by introducing end-to-end encryption, a method of communication that adds an extra layer to conversations by ensuring only the communicating users can read the messages.

Skype, Microsoft’s messaging service that boasts nearly 300 million months users, will take advantage of the Signal Protocol, a non-federated cryptographic protocol co-authored by Moxie Marlinspike, the founder of Open Whisper Systems, four years ago.

GDPR Meltdown: EU Regulator Sends Warning on Chip Flaws

Failing to patch the Meltdown and Spectre processor flaws could expose organizations to steep fines under the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) officials in the UK have warned.

Sometimes Things Actually Do Work

A lot of work from researchers and vendors went into the coordinated disclosure of last week's Meltdown and Spectre microprocessor flaws.

Western Digital Fixes Backdoor in My Cloud Devices

Western Digital recently fixed a series of vulnerabilities in its My Cloud devices that could have let an attacker execute code and remotely takeover the devices.

Phishing Attack Compromises Data Belonging to 30K Florida Medicaid Patients

Information, including patients' date of birth, Social Security number, address, Medicaid ID, and diagnoses, may have been breached.

Nearly Every Modern Microprocessor Impacted by Meltdown, Spectre Flaws

A pair of flaws in modern computer processors revealed Wednesday could allow attackers to steal passwords, encryption keys, or access system memory.