AMD Warns of New Meltdown, Spectre-like Bugs Affecting CPUs
AMD has issued a warning regarding a new form of side-channel attack known as the Transient Scheduler Attack (TSA), which affects a wide range of its CPUs and could potentially…
Browser Extensions Turn Nearly 1 Million Browsers Into Website-Scraping Bots
Summary Over 240 browser extensions have covertly transformed nearly 1 million users’ browsers into web-scraping bots. These extensions, which range from bookmark managers to tools for generating random numbers, utilise…
AMD Warns of New Meltdown, Spectre-like Bugs Affecting CPUs
Summary AMD has issued a warning regarding a recently discovered side-channel attack impacting a wide range of its processors. Dubbed the Transient Scheduler Attack (TSA), the discovery arose from an…
Browser Extensions Turn Nearly 1 Million Browsers Into Website-Scraping Bots
Over 240 browser extensions have been found to covertly convert nearly a million users’ browsers into web-scraping bots. These extensions perform various tasks like bookmark management but share a common…
AMD Warns of New Meltdown, Spectre-like Bugs Affecting CPUs
AMD has flagged a new set of vulnerabilities reminiscent of the Meltdown and Spectre issues that could lead to serious information leaks. Dubbed the Transient Scheduler Attack (TSA), these vulnerabilities…
Browser Extensions Turn Nearly 1 Million Browsers Into Website-Scraping Bots
Browser Extensions Turn Nearly 1 Million Browsers Into Website-Scraping Bots Over 240 browser extensions with nearly a million total installs have been covertly turning users’ browsers into web-scraping bots. These…
AMD Warns of New Meltdown, Spectre-like Bugs Affecting CPUs
Summary AMD has raised alarms about a new type of side-channel attack, termed the Transient Scheduler Attack (TSA), affecting its processors. Discovered during an investigation into microarchitectural leaks, this vulnerability…
Browser Extensions Turn Nearly 1 Million Browsers Into Website-Scraping Bots
Summary Over 240 browser extensions have been identified that covertly turn nearly one million users’ browsers into web-scraping bots. These extensions serve different purposes but share a common feature—they use…
AMD Warns of New Meltdown, Spectre-like Bugs Affecting CPUs
AMD Warns of New Meltdown, Spectre-like Bugs Affecting CPUs AMD has flagged a new type of side-channel vulnerability known as the Transient Scheduler Attack (TSA) that poses risks to a…
Browser Extensions Turn Nearly 1 Million Browsers Into Website-Scraping Bots
Over 240 browser extensions with close to a million installs have stealthily transformed users’ browsers into web-scraping bots. These extensions span various functionalities, yet they share a common characteristic: they…