New Book! The Best of TaoSecurity Blog, Volume 3

Introduction I published a new book! The Best of TaoSecurity Blog, Volume 3: Current Events, Law, Wise People, History, and Appendices is the third title in the TaoSecurity Blog series. It's in the Kindle Store, and if you have an Unlimited account, it's free. I also published a print edition,...

New Book! The Best of TaoSecurity Blog, Volume 1

I'm very pleased to announce that I've published a new book! It's The Best of TaoSecurity Blog, Volume 1: Milestones, Philosophy and Strategy, Risk, and Advice. It's available now in the Kindle Store, and if you're a member of Kindle Unlimited, it's currently free. I may also publish a print...

Amazon Kindle, Embedded Devices Open to Code-Execution

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Das U-Boot, a universal bootloader commonly used in embedded devices like Amazon Kindles, ARM Chromebooks and networking hardware. The bugs could allow attackers to gain full control of an impacted device’s CPU and modify anything they choose. Researche...

Movie stream ebooks gun for John Wick 3 on Kindle store

We discovered a novel spam campaign over the weekend, targeting fans of John Wick on the Amazon Kindle store. The scam itself involves paying for what appears to be the upcoming third movie, turns into a bogus ebook, and goes on to hyperlink potential victims to a collection of third-party...

Amazon Kindle Fire HD(3rd) Fire OS Denial of Service Vulnerability (CNVD-2019-27570)

The Amazon Kindle Fire HD 3rd is the third generation of the Fire tablet product from Amazon.com USA, for which Fire OS is the operating system used. A denial of service vulnerability exists in kernel/omap/drivers/misc/gcx/gcioctl/gcif.c in the kernel component of the Amazon Kindle Fire HD3rd Fir...

Amazon Kindle Fire HD(3rd) Fire OS Denial of Service Vulnerability

The Amazon Kindle Fire HD 3rd is the third generation of the Fire tablet product from Amazon.com USA, for which Fire OS is the operating system used. A denial of service vulnerability exists in kernel/omap/drivers/mfd/twl6030-gpadc.c in the kernel component of the Amazon Kindle Fire HD3rd Fire OS...

Amazon Kindle Fire HD(3rd) Fire OS Denial of Service Vulnerability (CNVD-2019-27569)

The Amazon Kindle Fire HD 3rd is the third generation of the Fire tablet product from Amazon.com USA, for which Fire OS is the operating system used. A denial of service vulnerability exists in kernel/omap/drivers/misc/gcx/gcioctl/gcif.c in the kernel component of the Amazon Kindle Fire HD3rd Fir...

Amazon Kindle Fire HD(3rd) Fire OS Denial of Service Vulnerability (CNVD-2019-27572)

The Amazon Kindle Fire HD 3rd is the third generation of the Fire tablet product from Amazon USA, for which Fire OS is the operating system used. A denial of service vulnerability exists in kernel/omap/drivers/misc/gcx/gcioctl/gcif.c in the kernel component of the Amazon Kindle Fire HD3rd Fire OS...

Amazon Kindle Fire HD(3rd) Fire OS Denial of Service Vulnerability (CNVD-2019-27568)

The Amazon Kindle Fire HD 3rd is the third generation of the Fire tablet product from Amazon.com USA, for which Fire OS is the operating system used. A denial of service vulnerability exists in kernel/omap/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsgomx.c in the kernel component of the Amazon Kindle Fire HD3rd Fire OS. A...

Amazon Kindle Fire HD(3rd) Fire OS Denial of Service Vulnerability (CNVD-2019-27571)

The Amazon Kindle Fire HD 3rd is the third generation of the Fire tablet product from Amazon.com USA, for which Fire OS is the operating system used. A denial of service vulnerability exists in kernel/omap/drivers/misc/gcx/gcioctl/gcif.c in the kernel component of the Amazon Kindle Fire HD3rd Fir...

Amazon Kindle Fire HD(3rd) Fire OS Denial of Service Vulnerability (CNVD-2019-27567)

The Amazon Kindle Fire HD 3rd is the third generation of the Fire tablet product from Amazon.com USA, for which Fire OS is the operating system used. A denial of service vulnerability exists in kernel/omap/drivers/video/omap2/dsscomp/device.c in the kernel component of the Amazon Kindle Fire HD3r...

CVE-2018-11021

kernel/omap/drivers/video/omap2/dsscomp/device.c in the kernel component in Amazon Kindle Fire HD3rd Fire OS 4.5.5.3 allows attackers to inject a crafted argument via the argument of an ioctl on device /dev/dsscomp with the command 1118064517 and cause a kernel crash...

CVE-2018-11025

kernel/omap/drivers/mfd/twl6030-gpadc.c in the kernel component in Amazon Kindle Fire HD3rd Fire OS 4.5.5.3 allows attackers to inject a crafted argument via the argument of an ioctl on device /dev/twl6030-gpadc with the command 24832 and cause a kernel crash...

CVE-2018-11021

kernel/omap/drivers/video/omap2/dsscomp/device.c in the kernel component in Amazon Kindle Fire HD3rd Fire OS 4.5.5.3 allows attackers to inject a crafted argument via the argument of an ioctl on device /dev/dsscomp with the command 1118064517 and cause a kernel crash...

CVE-2018-11022

kernel/omap/drivers/misc/gcx/gcioctl/gcif.c in the kernel component in Amazon Kindle Fire HD3rd Fire OS 4.5.5.3 allows attackers to inject a crafted argument via the argument of an ioctl on device /dev/gcioctl with the command 3224132973 and cause a kernel crash...

CVE-2018-11023

kernel/omap/drivers/misc/gcx/gcioctl/gcif.c in the kernel component in Amazon Kindle Fire HD 3rd Fire OS 4.5.5.3 allows attackers to inject a crafted argument via the argument of an ioctl on device /dev/gcioctl with the command 3222560159 and cause a kernel crash...

CVE-2018-11022

kernel/omap/drivers/misc/gcx/gcioctl/gcif.c in the kernel component in Amazon Kindle Fire HD3rd Fire OS 4.5.5.3 allows attackers to inject a crafted argument via the argument of an ioctl on device /dev/gcioctl with the command 3224132973 and cause a kernel crash...

CVE-2018-11023

kernel/omap/drivers/misc/gcx/gcioctl/gcif.c in the kernel component in Amazon Kindle Fire HD 3rd Fire OS 4.5.5.3 allows attackers to inject a crafted argument via the argument of an ioctl on device /dev/gcioctl with the command 3222560159 and cause a kernel crash...

CVE-2018-11024

kernel/omap/drivers/misc/gcx/gcioctl/gcif.c in the kernel component in Amazon Kindle Fire HD 3rd Fire OS 4.5.5.3 allows attackers to inject a crafted argument via the argument of an ioctl on device /dev/gcioctl with the command 1077435789 and cause a kernel crash...

CVE-2018-11025

kernel/omap/drivers/mfd/twl6030-gpadc.c in the kernel component in Amazon Kindle Fire HD3rd Fire OS 4.5.5.3 allows attackers to inject a crafted argument via the argument of an ioctl on device /dev/twl6030-gpadc with the command 24832 and cause a kernel crash...