U.S. Oil, Gas Targeted by Espionage Malware Campaign

American gas and oil companies have been targeted by a hacking group with ties to the Russian Federation for close to 18 months, a new research report indicates. The attackers have leveraged watering hole attacks to infect users inside the critical infrastructure organizations to spread a remote...

Jacob Appelbaum 2013 30c3 keynote on NSA Surveillance

Cryptographer, developer and activist Jacob Appelbaum took to the pages of Germany’s Der Spiegel and the keynote dais of the 30th Chaos Communication Congress this weekend to deliver a damning expose of the catalog of backdoors, monitoring programs and products that potentially have and could be...

BIOS Malware that can remotely destroy any computer, NSA claimed

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Intel Xeon Baseboard Management Component (BMC) Privilege Escalation (INTEL-SA-00026)

The version of the Intel BIOS on the remote device indicates that the Baseboard Management Component BMC firmware it is running is affected by an unspecified privilege escalation vulnerability. A knowledgeable remote malicious attacker could leverage this issue to deny service to legitimate users...

CVE-2013-3582

Buffer overflow in Dell BIOS on Dell Latitude D, E, XT2, and Z600 devices, and Dell Precision M devices, allows local users to bypass intended BIOS signing requirements and install arbitrary BIOS images by leveraging administrative privileges and providing a crafted rbupacket.pktNum value in...

Buffer overflow

Buffer overflow in Dell BIOS on Dell Latitude D, E, XT2, and Z600 devices, and Dell Precision M devices, allows local users to bypass intended BIOS signing requirements and install arbitrary BIOS images by leveraging administrative privileges and providing a crafted rbupacket.pktNum value in...

CVE-2013-3582

CVE-2013-3582 describes a buffer overflow in Dell BIOS updates that affects Latitude D530/D531/D630/D631/D830, E5400/E5500/E4200/E4300/E6400/E6400 ATG/XFR, XT2, Z600, and Precision M2300/M4300/M6300/M6400/M6500/M2400/M4400; the flaw is in rbu_packet.pktNum and rbu_packet.pktSize handling, allowin...

CVE-2013-3582

Buffer overflow in Dell BIOS on Dell Latitude D, E, XT2, and Z600 devices, and Dell Precision M devices, allows local users to bypass intended BIOS signing requirements and install arbitrary BIOS images by leveraging administrative privileges and providing a crafted rbupacket.pktNum value in...

Dell BIOS in some Latitude laptops and Precision Mobile Workstations vulnerable to buffer overflow

Overview Dell BIOS in some older Latitude laptops and Precision Mobile Workstations are vulnerable to buffer overflows CWE-119, which can bypass the signed BIOS enforcement standard. Description CWE-119:Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer Dell BIOS in some olde...

Oracle Linux 4 : kernel (ELSA-2009-0459)

From Red Hat Security Advisory 2009:0459 : Updated kernel packages that fix several security issues and various bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4. This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. The kernel packages contain...

SINIT Authenticated Code Module Privilege Escalation

Summary: Intel® Trusted Execution Technology SINIT modules for 3rd Generation Intel® i5 and i7 vPro and Intel® Xeon® E3-1200 and E3-1200V2 Series Processors are susceptible to a privilege escalation issue. This issue also affects Intel 2nd Generation vPro Core i5 and i7 SNB based product family...

Windows 7 SP1 Local Access SYSTEM Compromise

No description provided by source. Discovered by: Anastasios Monachos secuid0 - anastasiosmatgmaildotcom Vendor: Microsoft Affected Software: Windows 7 SP1 and probably other Title: Owning Windows 7 - From Recovery to "nt authority\system" - Physical Access Required See also:...

Windows 7 SP1 Local Access SYSTEM Compromise

Discovered by: Anastasios Monachos secuid0 - anastasiosmatgmaildotcom Vendor: Microsoft Affected Software: Windows 7 SP1 and probably other Title: Owning Windows 7 - From Recovery to "nt authority\system" - Physical Access Required See also:...

[security bulletin] HPSBHF02865 SSRT101158 rev.1 - HP ElitePad 900, Secure Boot Configuration Inconsistency

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Note: the current version of the following document is available here: https://h20566.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/ docDisplay?docId=emrna-c03727435 SUPPORT COMMUNICATION - SECURITY BULLETIN Document ID: c03727435 Version: 1 HPSBHF02865...

CVE-2012-5218

HP ElitePad 900 PCs with BIOS F.0x before F.01 Update 1.0.0.8 do not enable the Secure Boot feature, which allows local users to bypass intended BIOS restrictions and boot unintended operating systems via unspecified vectors...

Design/Logic Flaw

HP ElitePad 900 PCs with BIOS F.0x before F.01 Update 1.0.0.8 do not enable the Secure Boot feature, which allows local users to bypass intended BIOS restrictions and boot unintended operating systems via unspecified vectors...

CVE-2012-5218

HP ElitePad 900 PCs with BIOS F.0x before F.01 Update 1.0.0.8 do not enable the Secure Boot feature, which allows local users to bypass intended BIOS restrictions and boot unintended operating systems via unspecified vectors...

CVE-2012-5218

HP ElitePad 900 PCs with BIOS F.0x before F.01 Update 1.0.0.8 do not enable the Secure Boot feature, which allows local users to bypass intended BIOS restrictions and boot unintended operating systems via unspecified vectors...

CVE-2012-5218

The CVE-2012-5218 case involves HP ElitePad 900 laptops/tablets with BIOS F.0x prior to F.01 Update 1.0.0.8. The root cause is that Secure Boot was not enabled, allowing local attackers to bypass BIOS restrictions and boot unauthorized operating systems via unspecified vectors. Documented impact ...

HPSBHF02865 SSRT101158 rev.2 - HP ElitePad 900, Secure Boot Configuration Inconsistency

Potential Security Impact Secure Boot configuration inconsistency VULNERABILITY SUMMARY A potential vulnerability has been identified with certain HP ElitePad tablet PCs. The secure boot feature of the BIOS may not be enabled, allowing alternate operating systems to be booted in contradiction wit...