CVE-2018-3615

Systems with microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and Intel software guard extensions Intel SGX may allow unauthorized disclosure of information residing in the L1 data cache from an enclave to an attacker with local user access via a side-channel analysis...

CVE-2018-3615

Systems with microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and Intel software guard extensions Intel SGX may allow unauthorized disclosure of information residing in the L1 data cache from an enclave to an attacker with local user access via a side-channel analysis...

Intel® SGX SDK Edger8r and Intel® Software Guard Extensions Platform Software Component

Summary: CVE-2018-3626: The Edger8r tool in the Intel® Software Guard Extensions SGX Software Development Kit SDK before version 2.1.2 Linux and 1.9.6 Windows may generate code that is susceptible to a side channel attack, potentially allowing a local user to access unauthorized information...

Signal Testing New Private Contact Discovery Service

Open Whisper Systems, the company behind the encrypted messaging app Signal, is testing a new private contact discovery service that in theory will allow the app to determine if a user has Signal contacts in their address book but forbid its servers from accessing the users’ address book. Moxie...

It's Not Exactly Open Season on the iOS Secure Enclave

The black box that is Apple’s iOS Secure Enclave may have been pried open, but that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s open season on iPhones and iPads worldwide. Yesterday’s public disclosure of the decryption key for the Secure Enclave Processor firmware does indeed allow white and black hats to pok...

Hacker Publishes iOS Secure Enclave Firmware Decryption Key

A hacker Thursday afternoon published what he says is the decryption key for Apple iOS’ Secure Enclave Processor SEP firmware. The hacker, identified only as xerub, told Threatpost that the key unlocks only the SEP firmware, and that this would not impact user data. “Everybody can look and poke a...

iOS 9.3.4 Patches Critical Code Execution Flaw

Apple last week patched a critical iOS memory corruption vulnerability that could allow attackers to execute code on compromised devices. The flaw was found by Team Pangu, a Chinese hacker group that specializes in building iOS jailbreak tools. The vulnerability is fixed in iOS 9.3.4. “An...

Hack Apple & Get Paid up to $200,000 Bug Bounty Reward

So finally, Apple will pay you for your efforts of finding bugs in its products. While major technology companies, including Microsoft, Facebook and Google, have launched bug bounty programs over last few years to reward researchers and hackers who report vulnerabilities in their products, Apple...

Apple Launches Bug Bounty with Maximum $200,000 Reward

LAS VEGAS—Apple closed out Black Hat today with a long-awaited announcement that next month it will launch a bug bounty. The Apple Security Bounty will be an invitation-only program, open to two dozen researchers at the outset, said Ivan Krstic, head of security engineering and architecture. The...

Apple Must Threat Model Against Itself

Apple, like most advanced tech companies, understands threats and how to close them off. But one salient point that’s emerged from its ongoing dispute with the FBI over unlocking the San Bernardino shooter’s phone is that Apple is a threat to itself. Therefore, it should be no surprise that Apple...