Hacking Hardware Password Managers: The RecZone

TL:DR Hardware security can be difficult to fathom, so I set out to research three password vaults as a newbie, sharing my findings. I picked three popular hardware vaults, each with different components, requiring different skills and equipment. Here's how I learned about disassembly, chipset...

Google Is Helping Design an Open Source, Ultra-Secure Chip

OpenTitan is a so-called secure enclave based on open source that could shake up hardware security...

Further enhancing security from Microsoft, not just for Microsoft

Legacy infrastructure. Bolted-on security solutions. Application sprawl. Multi-cloud environments. Company data stored across devices and apps. IT and security resource constraints. Uncertainty of where and when the next attack or leak will come, including from the inside. These are just a few of...

CVE-2019-18673

CVE-2019-18673 affects SHIFT BitBox02 devices and describes a side-channel where the power draw of the row-based OLED display varies with the number of illuminated pixels. This enables partial recovery of display contents if an attacker has sufficient control over the device’s USB connection to m...

hardware: bluetooth: BR/EDR encryption key negotiation attacks (KNOB)

A flaw was discovered in the Bluetooth protocol. An attacker within physical proximity to the Bluetooth connection could downgrade the encryption protocol to be trivially brute forced...

Time for day 2 of briefings at BlueHat Seattle!

We hope you enjoyed the first day of our BlueHat briefings and the Bytes of BlueHat reception in our glamping tent complete with toasted marshmallows. Yesterday, we learned a lot about how XboxOne hardware security has advanced the state of hardware security elsewhere, we heard some surprising...

Time for day 2 of briefings at BlueHat Seattle!

We hope you enjoyed the first day of our BlueHat briefings and the Bytes of BlueHat reception in our glamping tent complete with toasted marshmallows. Yesterday, we learned a lot about how XboxOne hardware security has advanced the state of hardware security elsewhere, we heard some surprising...

Time for day 2 of briefings at BlueHat Seattle!

We hope you enjoyed the first day of our BlueHat briefings and the Bytes of BlueHat reception in our glamping tent complete with toasted marshmallows. Yesterday, we learned a lot about how XboxOne hardware security has advanced the state of hardware security elsewhere, we heard some surprising...

GoAhead 2.5.0 - Host Header Injection Vulnerability

Exploit Title: GoAhead Web server HTTP Header Injection. Shodan Query: Server: Goahead Exploit Author: Ramikan Vendor Homepage: https://www.embedthis.com/goahead/ Affected Version: 2.5.0 may be others. Tested On Version: 2.5.0 in Cisco Switches and Net Gear routers. Vendor Fix: N/A CVE : N/A CVSS...

GoAhead 2.5.0 Host Header Injection

Exploit Title: GoAhead Web server HTTP Header Injection. Shodan Query: Server: Goahead Discovered Date: 05/07/2019 Exploit Author: Ramikan Vendor Homepage: https://www.embedthis.com/goahead/ Affected Version: 2.5.0 may be others. Tested On Version: 2.5.0 in Cisco Switches and Net Gear routers...

Over 40 Drivers Could Let Hackers Install Persistent Backdoor On Windows PCs

If you own a device, or a hardware component, manufactured by ASUS, Toshiba, Intel, NVIDIA, Huawei, or other 15 other vendors listed below, you're probably screwed. A team of security researchers has discovered high-risk security vulnerabilities in more than 40 drivers from at least 20 different...

Hacking Hardware Security Modules

Security researchers Gabriel Campana and Jean-Baptiste Bédrune are giving a hardware security module HSM talk at BlackHat in August: This highly technical presentation targets an HSM manufactured by a vendor whose solutions are usually found in major banks and large cloud service providers. It wi...

hardware: Microarchitectural Data Sampling Uncacheable Memory (MDSUM)

Uncacheable memory on some microprocessors utilizing speculative execution may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via a side channel with local access...

Researchers Compromise Netflix Content in Widevine DRM Hack

Researchers have used a proof-of-concept PoC side-channel attack to download an unencrypted raw file for Netflix’ Stranger Things, in a format that’s ready to distribute out to any buyer on the internet. This pirate’s booty is the result of breaking open the widely deployed digital rights...

Coship Wireless Router 4.0.0.x5.0.0.x - WiFi Password Reset

Coship Wireless Router 4.0.0.x5.0.0.x - WiFi Password Reset Exploit Title: Coship Wireless Router – Wireless SSID Unauthenticated Password Reset Date: 07.02.2019 Exploit Author: Adithyan AK Vendor Homepage: http://en.coship.com/ Category: Hardware WiFi Router Affected Versions : Coship RT3052 -...

NSA Releases Updated Guidance on Side-Channel Vulnerabilities

The National Security Agency NSA has released updated information on a set of side-channel vulnerabilities affecting modern computer processors. An attacker can exploit these vulnerabilities to obtain sensitive information. The National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center NCCIC,...

Apple Modernizes Its Hardware Security with T2

When Apple launched its latest MacBook Air last month, one of its more unusual features is that the built-in microphone automatically turns off when the lid is closed. Apple introduced the feature to eliminate any possibility of malware – or other unwanted applications – using the laptop’s...

CVE-2017-17176

The hardware security module of Mate 9 and Mate 9 Pro Huawei smart phones with the versions earlier before MHA-AL00BC00B156, versions earlier before MHA-CL00BC00B156, versions earlier before MHA-DL00BC00B156, versions earlier before MHA-TL00BC00B156, versions earlier before LON-AL00BC00B156,...

CVE-2017-17176

The hardware security module of Mate 9 and Mate 9 Pro Huawei smart phones with the versions earlier before MHA-AL00BC00B156, versions earlier before MHA-CL00BC00B156, versions earlier before MHA-DL00BC00B156, versions earlier before MHA-TL00BC00B156, versions earlier before LON-AL00BC00B156,...

CVE-2017-17176

The hardware security module of Mate 9 and Mate 9 Pro Huawei smart phones with the versions earlier before MHA-AL00BC00B156, versions earlier before MHA-CL00BC00B156, versions earlier before MHA-DL00BC00B156, versions earlier before MHA-TL00BC00B156, versions earlier before LON-AL00BC00B156,...