Defeating Microsoft’s Trusted Platform Module

This is a really interesting story explaining how to defeat Microsofts TPM in 30 minutes -- without having to solder anything to the motherboard. Researchers at the security consultancy Dolos Group, hired to test the security of one clients network, received a new Lenovo computer preconfigured to...

Attack Against PC Thunderbolt Port

The attack requires physical access to the computer, but it's pretty devastating: On Thunderbolt-enabled Windows or Linux PCs manufactured before 2019, his technique can bypass the login screen of a sleeping or locked computer -- and even its hard disk encryption -- to gain full access to the...

7 New Flaws Affect All Thunderbolt-equipped Computers Sold in the Last 9 Years

A cybersecurity researcher today uncovers a set of 7 new unpatchable hardware vulnerabilities that affect all desktops and laptops sold in the past 9 years with Thunderbolt, or Thunderbolt-compatible USB-C ports. Collectively dubbed 'ThunderSpy,' the vulnerabilities can be exploited in 9 realisti...

7 New Flaws Affect All Thunderbolt-equipped Computers Sold in the Last 9 Years

A cybersecurity researcher today uncovers a set of 7 new unpatchable hardware vulnerabilities that affect all desktops and laptops sold in the past 9 years with Thunderbolt, or Thunderbolt-compatible USB-C ports. Collectively dubbed 'ThunderSpy,' the vulnerabilities can be exploited in 9 realisti...

Ex-NSA staffer creates app to notify users of evil maid attack on MacBook

By Uzair Amir It is a fact that a MacBook cannot be easily This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Ex-NSA staffer creates app to notify users of evil maid attack on MacBook...

Tamper-Detection App for Android

Edward Snowden and Nathan Freitas have created an Android app that detects when it's being tampered with. The basic idea is to put the app on a second phone and put the app on or near something important, like your laptop. The app can then text you -- and also record audio and video -- when...

Check Point response to the "Evil Maid" attack

Symptoms Check Point Full Disk Encryption is not vulnerable to the "Evil Maid" attack. Solution Full technical details of the "Evil Maid" attack Check Point Full Disk Encryption is not vulnerable to the "Evil Maid" attack, as this particular program specifically targets the True Crypt boot code,...