The x86 Processor Fuzzer: sandsifter

Your computer is not yours. You may have shelled out thousands of dollars for it. It may be sitting right there on your desk. You may have carved your name deep into its side with a blowtorch and chisel. But it’s still not yours. Some vendors are building secret processor registers into your...

The vulnerability of Microsoft Hyper-V hardware virtualization system for Windows operating systems allows a hacker to execute arbitrary code.

The vulnerability of Microsoft Hyper-V hardware virtualization technology for Windows operating systems exists due to insufficient validation of input data. Exploiting this vulnerability allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the host operating system through a specially created...

Guidance for configuring BitLocker to enforce software encryption

Microsoft is aware of reports of vulnerabilities in the hardware encryption of certain self-encrypting drives SEDs. Customers concerned about this issue should consider using the software only encryption provided by BitLocker Drive Encryption™. On Windows computers with self-encrypting drives,...

KLA11345 Guidance for configuring BitLocker to enforce software encryption

Microsoft is aware of reports of vulnerabilities in the hardware encryption of certain self-encrypting drives and recommends customers to use the software only encryption provided by BitLocker Drive Encryption. For the details, see ADV180028 Original advisories ADV180028 Related products...

Self-Encrypting Solid-State Drive Vulnerabilities

NCCIC is aware of reports of vulnerabilities in the hardware encryption of certain self-encrypting solid-state drives. An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to obtain access to sensitive information. NCCIC encourages users and administrators to review Vulnerability Note VU 395981,...

ReFS Known Issues, Considerations, and Limitations

Known Issues Memory Management Issues Server 2016 and older Windows repositories using ReFS on Server 2016 without the September 2018 updates or older OS versions are known to have issues during backup job retention enforcement, which manifests as: The repository server becomes unresponsive or...

kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update

3.10.0-957 - mm mlock: avoid increase mm-lockedvm on mlock when already mlock2, MLOCKONFAULT Rafael Aquini 1633059 3.10.0-956 - block blk-mq: fix hctx debugfs entry related race between update hw queues and cpu hotplug Ming Lei 1619988 - nvme nvme-pci: unquiesce dead controller queues Ming Lei...

F5 Networks BIG-IP : vCMP Cavium Nitrox SSL hardware accelerator vulnerability (K52521791)

vCMP guests running on VIPRION 2100, 4200 and 4300 series blades cannot correctly decrypt ciphertext from established SSL sessions with small MTU. CVE-2018-5507 Impact BIG-IP The affected SSL connections are terminated unexpectedly. ARX / BIG-IQ / Enterprise Manager / F5 iWorkflow / LineRate /...

F5 Networks BIG-IP : Side-channel processor vulnerabilities (K91229003)

The following three side-channel attacks were publicly disclosed on January 3, 2018 : CVE-2017-5715 Spectre-BTB previously known as Spectre Variant 2 Branch target injection Systems with microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and indirect branch prediction may allow unauthorized disclosu...

F5 Networks BIG-IP : BIG-IP system vulnerability (K51754851)

WhenLarge Receive OffloadLROand SYN cookies are enabled default settings, undisclosed traffic patterns may cause TMM to restart. CVE-2018-5512 Impact An attacker may be able to causea disruption of service. Exposure to this vulnerability is limited to the data plane on hardwareplatforms. There is...

ALPINE-CVE-2018-18883

An issue was discovered in Xen 4.9.x through 4.11.x, on Intel x86 platforms, allowing x86 HVM and PVH guests to cause a host OS denial of service NULL pointer dereference or possibly have unspecified other impact because nested VT-x is not properly restricted...

Apple's New MacBook Disconnects Microphone "Physically" When Lid is Closed

Apple introduces a new privacy feature for all new MacBooks that "at some extent" will prevent hackers and malicious applications from eavesdropping on your conversations. Apple's custom T2 security chip in the latest MacBooks includes a new hardware feature that physically disconnects the...

Apple's New MacBook Disconnects Microphone "Physically" When Lid is Closed

Apple introduces a new privacy feature for all new MacBooks that "at some extent" will prevent hackers and malicious applications from eavesdropping on your conversations. Apple's custom T2 security chip in the latest MacBooks includes a new hardware feature that physically disconnects the...

Ghost hardware. Device No.1, the Ghost Pro

Colloquially known as a “Ghost Pro” this full spectrum camera is supposed to allow you to see beyond the visible spectrum, into the infrared and ultraviolet ranges. This one has Wi-Fi as well, for ease of remote control. There’s a few questions we wanted to answer with this one. Who’s the camera...

Ghost hardware. Device No.3, the Ghost Rover

The Ghost Rover is a ghost hunting tank. You control it with a mobile app. We’ve looked at a toy spy tank before, it wasn’t great from a security point of view. Let’s hope our ghost-hunting tank – which, at $200, cost almost 4 time as much as the spy tank – has considerable security improvements ...

Ghost hardware. Device No.2, the Boo Buddy

The “Boo Buddy” is sold as a “trigger object” with a wide range of internal functionality such as EMF, motion and temperature detection. It’s a “trigger object”, in the sense that it is designed to evoke the spirits of children, who might be drawn in by the presence of a toy. Many people have...

Pentagon Expands Bug-Bounty Program to Include Physical Systems

The Department of Defense is expanding its “Hack the Pentagon” bug-bounty program to include hardware assets, tapping the Synack, HackerOne and Bugcrowd platforms to attract more white hats to the effort. The news comes two weeks after the Government Accountability Office GAO released a report...

openSUSE Security Update : Chromium (openSUSE-2018-1253)

This update for Chromium to version 70.0.3538.67 fixes multiple issues. Security issues fixed bsc1112111 : - CVE-2018-17462: Sandbox escape in AppCache - CVE-2018-17463: Remote code execution in V8 - Heap buffer overflow in Little CMS in PDFium - CVE-2018-17464: URL spoof in Omnibox -...

Hardware resistance & enhanced security for GnuPG

VSHG aims to provide a memory / hardware resistant reinforcement to GnuPG’s standard s2k key-derivation-function + a simplified interface for symmetric encryption . VSHG Very secure hash generator is a standalone Addon for GnuPG Gnu privacy guard . It is written as a shell script and is designed...

Security update for Chromium (important)

This update for Chromium to version 70.0.3538.67 fixes multiple issues. Security issues fixed bsc1112111: - CVE-2018-17462: Sandbox escape in AppCache - CVE-2018-17463: Remote code execution in V8 - Heap buffer overflow in Little CMS in PDFium - CVE-2018-17464: URL spoof in Omnibox -...