CVE-2012-2619

The CVE-2012-2619 entry concerns a flaw in Broadcom BCM4325/ BCM4329 Wi‑Fi firmware that handles 802.11i information elements. An out-of-bounds read could be triggered by a remote attacker on the same Wi‑Fi network, potentially causing a Wi‑Fi outage or device instability. Apple TV advisories cor...

Smartphone wireless chipset vulnerable to DoS attack

Security researcher Andres Blanco from CoreSecurity discovered a serious vulnerability in two Wireless Broadcom chipsets used in Smartphones. Broadcom Corporation, a global innovation leader in semiconductor solutions for wired and wireless communications. Broadcom BCM4325 and BCM4329 wireless...

Broadcom DoS on BCM4325 and BCM4329 devices

1. Advisory Information Title: Broadcom DoS on BCM4325 and BCM4329 devices Advisory ID: CORE-2012-0718 Advisory URL: http://www.coresecurity.com/content/broadcom-input-validation-BCM4325-BCM4329 Date published: 2012-10-23 Date of last update: 2012-10-23 Vendors contacted: Broadcom Corporation...

McAfee will prevent vehicles from becoming vulnerable to Car Virus

Vehicles are becoming more and more reliant on computers for efficiency, safety systems, and infotainment systems. Most vehicles on the market today use throttle-by-wire systems, where the onboard computer controls the throttle of the vehicle. Toyota has had problems in the past with so-called...

Xiang Dong ("Mike") Yu (Ford Motor)

Yu was a Product Engineer and ten-year veteran of U.S. automaker Ford Motor Company who admitted to copying around 4,000 confidential Ford documents to an external hard drive and passing them to Beijing Automotive Company with whom he hadtaken a job. The design documents have been valued at aroun...

Chinese National Stole Ford Secrets Worth More Than $50 Million

A ten year veteran of the U.S. automaker Ford Motor Company pleaded guilty in federal court on November 17 to charges that he stole company secrets, including design documents, worth more than $50 million and sharing them with his new employer: the Chinese division of a U.S. rival of Ford’s. Xian...

Ex Ford Engineer Arrested for Alleged Theft of Trade Secrets

A former Ford Motor Company engineer has been indicted on charges of theft of trade secrets, attempted theft of trade secrets and unauthorized access to protected computers. Xiang Dong Yu, also known as Mike Yu, was arrested last week as he entered the country at Chicago O’Hare International...

Nate Lawson: Crypto Strikes Back!

This Google Tech Talk features researcher Nate Lawson discussing recent vulnerabilities in crypto libraries, why public key cryptography is like a Ford Pinto in a demolition derby and the password-hashing mess created by Web 2.0 sites...

Scammers use Ford to drive users to scareware

From The Register John Leyden Scareware scammers are trying to game search engines into promoting crudware sites when a surfer searches for information on Ford cars. The Ford scareware campaign pandasecurity.com features around one million links, all targeting the Ford Motor Company, designed to...

Unfixed XSS vulnerability at ford.enpocket.com

Security researcher NitrO, has submitted on 16/06/2008 a cross-site-scripting XSS vulnerability affecting ford.enpocket.com, which at the time of submission ranked 187070 on the web according to Alexa. We manually validated and published a mirror of this vulnerability on 05/07/2008. It is current...