AMD Gave Google Cloud Rare Access to Its Tech to Hunt Chip Flaws

By working together, the companies say they’re better able to find security flaws in Google Cloud’s Confidential Computing infrastructure...

Release of Technical Report into the AMD Security Processor

Posted by James Forshaw, Google Project Zero Today, members of Project Zero and the Google Cloud security team are releasing a technical report on a security review of AMD Secure Processor ASP. The ASP is an isolated ARM processor in AMD EPYC CPUs that adds a root of trust and controls secure...

Google Chrome Browser Bug Exposes Billions of Users to Data Theft

A vulnerability in Google’s Chromium-based browsers would allow attackers to bypass the Content Security Policy CSP on websites, in order to steal data and execute rogue code. The bug CVE-2020-6519 is found in Chrome, Opera and Edge, on Windows, Mac and Android – potentially affecting billions of...

Ignite 2018 highlights: password-less sign-in, confidential computing, new threat protection, and more

What a week it was in Orlando! Ignite is always a biggie, and this one was no exception. For all of us here at Microsoft who get to work on security, spending time with customers to learn how you are using our security products today and to share new innovations to come is a highlight. At this...

Asylo Open-Source Framework Tackles TEEs for Cloud

Asylo, an open-source framework and software development kit SDK for creating applications that run in trusted execution environments TEEs, has launched to tackle the complexity involved in running a confidential computing platform for workloads in the cloud and virtual environments. TEEs provide...

Microsoft to deliver new products and strategies for security innovation at 2018 RSA Conference

At the 2018 RSA Conference, our senior leaders will dissect modern cyber defense strategies, and reveal new products to detect and block cyber attacks when they happen. Our objective is to arm business, government and consumers with deeply integrated intelligence and threat protection capabilitie...