Intel Adds Hardware-Enabled Ransomware Detection to 11th Gen vPro Chips

Intel and Cybereason have partnered to build anti-ransomware defenses into the chipmaker's newly announced 11th generation Core vPro business-class processors. The hardware-based security enhancements are baked into Intel's vPro platform via its Hardware Shield and Threat Detection Technology TDT...

The vulnerability of several functions in hw/usb/core.c of the QEMU hardware emulation software involves allowing operations to exceed the permissible buffer data size. This allows attackers to access confidential data, compromise its integrity, and cause service failures.

The vulnerability of several functions in the hw/usb/core.c file of the QEMU hardware emulation software is related to the execution of operations that exceed the permissible buffer data size. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow an attacker to access confidential data, compromise its integrit...

The vulnerability of the `net_tx_pkt_add_raw_fragment` function in the `hw/net/net_tx_pkt.c` file of the QEMU hardware emulation software, related to the insufficient use of the `assert()` function, allows a hacker to trigger a system failure.

The vulnerability of the nettxpktaddrawfragment function in the hw/net/nettxpkt.c file of the QEMU hardware emulation software is related to the insufficient use of the assert function. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow an attacker to cause a system failure...

New Surface PCs enable virtualization-based security (VBS) by default to empower customers to do more, securely

VBS and HVCI-enabled devices help protect from advanced attacks Escalation of privilege attacks are a malicious actor’s best friend, and they often target sensitive information stored in memory. These kinds of attacks can turn a minor user mode compromise into a full compromise of your OS and...

New Surface PCs enable virtualization-based security (VBS) by default to empower customers to do more, securely

VBS and HVCI-enabled devices help protect from advanced attacks Escalation of privilege attacks are a malicious actor’s best friend, and they often target sensitive information stored in memory. These kinds of attacks can turn a minor user mode compromise into a full compromise of your OS and...

[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: ceph-15.2.8-1.fc33

Ceph is a massively scalable, open-source, distributed storage system that runs on commodity hardware and delivers object, block and file system storage...

HaXmas Hardware Hacking

Usually, when you read an IoT hacking report or blog post, it ends with something along the lines of, "and that's how I got root," or "and there was a secret backdoor credential," or "and every device in the field uses the same S3 bucket with no authentication." You know, something bad, and the...

The vulnerability of the QEMU hardware emulation software, related to the swapping of the zero pointer, allows a hacker to trigger a service failure.

The vulnerability of the QEMU hardware emulation software is related to the swapping of the zero pointer. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow an attacker to trigger a service failure...

Description of Visual Studio 2010 Service Pack 1

Describes information about Visual Studio 2010 Service Pack 1 SP1. Additionally, this article lists the fixed issues and added technology enhancements in Visual Studio 2010 SP1.NoticeSome of the downloads that are mentioned in this article are currently available on My.VisualStudio.com. This...

Smart Doorbell Disaster: Many Brands Vulnerable to Attack

Smart doorbells, designed to allow homeowners to keep an eye on unwanted and wanted visitors, can often cause more security harm than good compared to their analog door bolt alternatives. Consumer-grade digital doorbells are riddled with potential cybersecurity vulnerabilities ranging from...

new package: kmod-redhat-oracleasm

An update is available for kmod-redhat-oracleasm. This update affects Rocky Linux 8. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE list The kmod-redhat-oracleasm package contains the kernel driver...

NZXT CAM 信息泄露漏洞

NZXT CAM is an all-in-one software solution for computer hardware monitoring and management. An information disclosure vulnerability exists in the IRP 0x9c402084 function of the WinRing0x64 driver for NZXT CAM 4.8.0. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability by sending a specially crafted I/O...

Firefox Patches Critical Mystery Bug, Also Impacting Google Chrome

A Mozilla Foundation update to the Firefox web browser, released Tuesday, tackles one critical vulnerability and a handful of high-severity bugs. The update, released as Firefox version 84, is also billed by Mozilla as boosting the browser’s performance and adding native support for macOS hardwar...

DEBIAN-CVE-2020-29566

An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.14.x. When they require assistance from the device model, x86 HVM guests must be temporarily de-scheduled. The device model will signal Xen when it has completed its operation, via an event channel, so that the relevant vCPU is rescheduled. If the device...

ALPINE-CVE-2020-29566

An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.14.x. When they require assistance from the device model, x86 HVM guests must be temporarily de-scheduled. The device model will signal Xen when it has completed its operation, via an event channel, so that the relevant vCPU is rescheduled. If the device...

virt:rhel bug fix update

Kernel-based Virtual Machine KVM offers a full virtualization solution for Linux on numerous hardware platforms. The virt:rhel module contains packages which provide user-space components used to run virtual machines using KVM. The packages also provide APIs for managing and interacting with the...

ALBA-2020:5494 virt:rhel bug fix update

Kernel-based Virtual Machine KVM offers a full virtualization solution for Linux on numerous hardware platforms. The virt:rhel module contains packages which provide user-space components used to run virtual machines using KVM. The packages also provide APIs for managing and interacting with the...

Smartphones are not the problem with MFA security

We've recently seen big attacks play out on prominent technology companies despite their use of smartphone-based multi-factor authentication. These attacks are real, they do happen, and it appears that even the smartphone cannot protect us anymore. While this conclusion may be tempting, it actual...

Exfiltrating Data from Air-Gapped Computers via Wi-Fi Signals (Without Wi-Fi Hardware)

A security researcher has demonstrated that sensitive data could be exfiltrated from air-gapped computers via a novel technique that leverages Wi-Fi signals as a covert channel—surprisingly, without requiring the presence of Wi-Fi hardware on the targeted systems. Dubbed "AIR-FI," the attack hing...

Apple macOS Buffer Error Vulnerability

Apple macOS is a proprietary operating system developed by Apple Inc. for Mac computers. A security vulnerability exists in Apple macOS that allows applications to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges. The following products and versions are affected: Mac Pro 2013 and newer, MacBook Air...