Apple's New MacBook Disconnects Microphone "Physically" When Lid is Closed

Apple introduces a new privacy feature for all new MacBooks that "at some extent" will prevent hackers and malicious applications from eavesdropping on your conversations. Apple's custom T2 security chip in the latest MacBooks includes a new hardware feature that physically disconnects the...

Ghost hardware. Device No.1, the Ghost Pro

Colloquially known as a “Ghost Pro” this full spectrum camera is supposed to allow you to see beyond the visible spectrum, into the infrared and ultraviolet ranges. This one has Wi-Fi as well, for ease of remote control. There’s a few questions we wanted to answer with this one. Who’s the camera...

Ghost hardware. Device No.3, the Ghost Rover

The Ghost Rover is a ghost hunting tank. You control it with a mobile app. We’ve looked at a toy spy tank before, it wasn’t great from a security point of view. Let’s hope our ghost-hunting tank – which, at $200, cost almost 4 time as much as the spy tank – has considerable security improvements ...

Ghost hardware. Device No.2, the Boo Buddy

The “Boo Buddy” is sold as a “trigger object” with a wide range of internal functionality such as EMF, motion and temperature detection. It’s a “trigger object”, in the sense that it is designed to evoke the spirits of children, who might be drawn in by the presence of a toy. Many people have...

Pentagon Expands Bug-Bounty Program to Include Physical Systems

The Department of Defense is expanding its “Hack the Pentagon” bug-bounty program to include hardware assets, tapping the Synack, HackerOne and Bugcrowd platforms to attract more white hats to the effort. The news comes two weeks after the Government Accountability Office GAO released a report...

openSUSE Security Update : Chromium (openSUSE-2018-1253)

This update for Chromium to version 70.0.3538.67 fixes multiple issues. Security issues fixed bsc1112111 : - CVE-2018-17462: Sandbox escape in AppCache - CVE-2018-17463: Remote code execution in V8 - Heap buffer overflow in Little CMS in PDFium - CVE-2018-17464: URL spoof in Omnibox -...

Hardware resistance & enhanced security for GnuPG

VSHG aims to provide a memory / hardware resistant reinforcement to GnuPG’s standard s2k key-derivation-function + a simplified interface for symmetric encryption . VSHG Very secure hash generator is a standalone Addon for GnuPG Gnu privacy guard . It is written as a shell script and is designed...

Security update for Chromium (important)

This update for Chromium to version 70.0.3538.67 fixes multiple issues. Security issues fixed bsc1112111: - CVE-2018-17462: Sandbox escape in AppCache - CVE-2018-17463: Remote code execution in V8 - Heap buffer overflow in Little CMS in PDFium - CVE-2018-17464: URL spoof in Omnibox -...

CVE-2018-12673

An attacker with remote access to the SV3C HD Camera L-SERIES V2.3.4.2103-S50-NTD-B20170508B and V2.3.4.2103-S50-NTD-B20170823B web interface can disclose information about the camera including camera hardware, wireless network, and local area network information...

CVE-2018-12673

An attacker with remote access to the SV3C HD Camera L-SERIES V2.3.4.2103-S50-NTD-B20170508B and V2.3.4.2103-S50-NTD-B20170823B web interface can disclose information about the camera including camera hardware, wireless network, and local area network information...

Information disclosure

An attacker with remote access to the SV3C HD Camera L-SERIES V2.3.4.2103-S50-NTD-B20170508B and V2.3.4.2103-S50-NTD-B20170823B web interface can disclose information about the camera including camera hardware, wireless network, and local area network information...

CVE-2018-12673

An attacker with remote access to the SV3C HD Camera L-SERIES V2.3.4.2103-S50-NTD-B20170508B and V2.3.4.2103-S50-NTD-B20170823B web interface can disclose information about the camera including camera hardware, wireless network, and local area network information...

CVE-2017-17176

The hardware security module of Mate 9 and Mate 9 Pro Huawei smart phones with the versions earlier before MHA-AL00BC00B156, versions earlier before MHA-CL00BC00B156, versions earlier before MHA-DL00BC00B156, versions earlier before MHA-TL00BC00B156, versions earlier before LON-AL00BC00B156,...

CVE-2017-17176

The hardware security module of Mate 9 and Mate 9 Pro Huawei smart phones with the versions earlier before MHA-AL00BC00B156, versions earlier before MHA-CL00BC00B156, versions earlier before MHA-DL00BC00B156, versions earlier before MHA-TL00BC00B156, versions earlier before LON-AL00BC00B156,...

CVE-2017-17176

The hardware security module of Mate 9 and Mate 9 Pro Huawei smart phones with the versions earlier before MHA-AL00BC00B156, versions earlier before MHA-CL00BC00B156, versions earlier before MHA-DL00BC00B156, versions earlier before MHA-TL00BC00B156, versions earlier before LON-AL00BC00B156,...

How to build your own motion-activated security camera

Attention makers! Are you looking for a challenging project that not only gets your gears grinding but helps to keep you secure while traveling? Welcome to the build-your-own security camera tutorial. The impetus for this project originated from events that took place at Defcon 26, where hotel...

FLIR AX8 Thermal Camera 1.32.16 - RTSP Stream Disclosure Vulnerability

Exploit for hardware platform in category web applications...

FLIR AX8 Thermal Camera 1.32.16 - Remote Code Execution

Exploit Title: FLIR AX8 Thermal Camera 1.32.16 - Remote Code Execution Author: Gjoko 'LiquidWorm' Krstic @zeroscience Date: 2018-10-14 Vendor: FLIR Systems, Inc. Product web page: https://www.flir.com Affected version: Firmware: 1.32.16, 1.17.13, OS: necov1.8-0-g7ffe5b3, Hardware: Flir Systems Ne...

QEMU 'rtl8139_do_receive' function buffer overflow vulnerability

QEMU aka Quick Emulator is a set of simulation processor software developed by French programmer Fabrice Bellard. The software is fast and cross-platform. A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the 'rtl8139doreceive' function of the hw/net/rtl8139.c file in QEMU, which stems from the program...

Another Bloomberg Story about Supply-Chain Hardware Attacks from China

Bloomberg has another story about hardware surveillance implants in equipment made in China. This implant is different from the one Bloomberg reported on last week. That story has been denied by pretty much everyone else, but Bloomberg is sticking by its story and its sources. I linked to other...