BIT-TENSORFLOW-2022-35999 `CHECK` fail in `Conv2DBackpropInput` in TensorFlow

TensorFlow is an open source platform for machine learning. When Conv2DBackpropInput receives empty outbackprop inputs e.g. 3, 1, 0, 1, the current CPU/GPU kernels CHECK fail one with dnnl, the other with cudnn. This can be used to trigger a denial of service attack. We have patched the issue in...

Updated kernel packages fix security vulnerabilities

This update is based on upstream 5.4.6 and fixes various potential security issues related to buffer overflows, double frees, NUll pointer dereferences, improper / missing input validations and so on. It also adds other bugfixes all over the kernel. Other fixes added in this update: - x86/MCE/AMD...

Deepfakes FakeApp tool (briefly) includes cryptominer

A few weeks ago, we took a look at a forum dedicated to Deepfake clips where the site was pushing Coinhive mining scripts in the website's HTML code. As it turns out, there's been another mining blow-out in the form of one of the apps used to make the fakes. That's right—a tool designed to push...

Durandal - Distributed CPU/GPU Hash Cracker v 0.5 released

Durandal - Distributed CPU/GPU Hash Cracker v 0.5 released Durandal is a distributed GPU/CPU computing software that aims to crack passwords. Mostly written in C++ with the Boost library, it works on many systems, however it is only built for Windows and GNU/Linux for the moment, on the x86 and x...