Microsoft and partners design new device security requirements to protect against targeted firmware attacks

Recent developments in security research and real-world attacks demonstrate that as more protections are proactively built into the OS and in connected services, attackers are looking for other avenues of exploitation with firmware emerging as a top target. In the last three years alone, NIST’s...

Adding a Hardware Backdoor to a Networked Computer

Interesting proof of concept: At the CS3sthlm security conference later this month, security researcher Monta Elkins will show how he created a proof-of-concept version of that hardware hack in his basement. He intends to demonstrate just how easily spies, criminals, or saboteurs with even minima...

Security Bulletin: IBM PureData System for Operational Analytics is affected by vulnerabilities in OpenSSL (CVE-2014-0160 and CVE-2014-0076)

Summary Security vulnerabilities have been discovered in OpenSSL. Vulnerability Details CVE-ID: CVE-2014-0160 DESCRIPTION: OpenSSL could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by an error in the TLS/DTLS heartbeat functionality. An attacker could exploit this vulnerabilit...

Galaxy S10 Fingerprint Sensor Thwarted With Screen Protector: Report

UPDATE Samsung has acknowledged that anyone can bypass the Galaxy S10 fingerprint sensor using a third-party case after a woman alleged that a $3 smartphone screen protector allowed unauthorized users to dupe her Samsung Galaxy S10’s fingerprint recognition sensor – giving access to her phone and...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security and bug fix update

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from th...

Planting Tiny Spy Chips in Hardware Can Cost as Little as $200

A new proof-of-concept hardware implant shows how easy it may be to hide malicious chips inside IT equipment...

HP Touchpoint Analytics Opens PCs to Code Execution Attack

A security flaw, discovered in an open-source software program that is a key component of HP’s TouchPoint Analytics service, is opening up a wide swath of HP computers to attack. The vulnerability, if exploited by local attackers with administrative privileges, can allow them to execute arbitrary...

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...

Hacker Releases 'Unpatchable' Jailbreak For All iOS Devices, iPhone 4s to iPhone X

An iOS hacker and cybersecurity researcher today publicly released what he claimed to be a "permanent unpatchable bootrom exploit," in other words, an epic jailbreak that works on all iOS devices ranging from iPhone 4s A5 chip to iPhone 8 and iPhone X A11 chip. Dubbed Checkm8, the exploit leverag...

The vulnerability of the hardware abstraction driver of the software tool for determining processor characteristics allows attackers to exploit their privileges, disclose sensitive information, or cause service failures.

The vulnerability of the software-based hardware abstraction driver for the Intel Processor Identification Utility is related to access control deficiencies. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow attackers to enhance their privileges, disclose sensitive information, or cause service failures...

[SECURITY] Fedora 30 Update: ceph-14.2.3-1.fc30

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

EulerOS 2.0 SP3 : libgcrypt (EulerOS-SA-2019-2006)

According to the versions of the libgcrypt packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities : - Libgcrypt before 1.5.4, as used in GnuPG and other products, does not properly perform ciphertext normalization and ciphertext randomization,...

Western Digital My Book World II NAS 1.02.12 Hardcoded Credential Vulnerability

Western Digital My Book World II NAS versions 1.02.12 and below have a hard-coded ssh credential that allows for remote command execution. Exploit Title: Western Digital My Book World II NAS = 1.02.12 - Broken Authentication to RCE Google Dork: intitle:"My Book World Edition - MyBookWorld" Exploi...

Western Digital My Book World II NAS 1.02.12 - Authentication Bypass / Command Execution

Exploit Title: Western Digital My Book World II NAS = 1.02.12 - Broken Authentication to RCE Google Dork: intitle:"My Book World Edition - MyBookWorld" Date: 19th Sep, 2019 Exploit Author: Noman Riffat, National Security Services Group NSSG Vendor Homepage: https://wd.com/ Software Link:...

Western Digital My Book World II NAS 1.02.12 Hardcoded Credential

Exploit Title: Western Digital My Book World II NAS = 1.02.12 - Broken Authentication to RCE Google Dork: intitle:"My Book World Edition - MyBookWorld" Date: 19th Sep, 2019 Exploit Author: Noman Riffat, National Security Services Group NSSG Vendor Homepage: https://wd.com/ Software Link:...

Denial of Service Vulnerability in Mitsubishi FX5U Series PLCs

Mitsubishi FX5U series PLC is the latest generation of Mitsubishi Electric Mitsubishi small programmable controller. A denial of service vulnerability exists in the Mitsubishi FX5U Series PLC. An attacker can send specially crafted packets to cause the device to fail to resume operation it also...

EulerOS 2.0 SP5 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2019-1919)

According to the versions of the kernel packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities : - The xfsbmapextentstobtree function in fs/xfs/libxfs/xfsbmap.c in the Linux kernel through 4.16.3 allows local users to cause a denial of service...

CVE-2019-15030

In the Linux kernel through 5.2.14 on the powerpc platform, a local user can read vector registers of other users' processes via a Facility Unavailable exception. To exploit the venerability, a local user starts a transaction via the hardware transactional memory instruction tbegin and then...

CVE-2019-15031

In the Linux kernel through 5.2.14 on the powerpc platform, a local user can read vector registers of other users' processes via an interrupt. To exploit the venerability, a local user starts a transaction via the hardware transactional memory instruction tbegin and then accesses vector registers...