IoT hack: how to break a smart home… again

There can never be too many IoT gadgets – that's what people usually think when buying yet another connected device with advanced functionality. From our perspective, we also think there can't be too many IoT investigations. So, we have continued our experiments into checking and uncovering how...

Information disclosure

In XBLRamDump mode, there is a debug feature that can be used to dump memory contents, if an attacker has physical access to the device. This could lead to local information disclosure with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. Product: Androi...

CVE-2017-13238

In XBLRamDump mode, there is a debug feature that can be used to dump memory contents, if an attacker has physical access to the device. This could lead to local information disclosure with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. Product: Androi...

CVE-2017-13238

In XBLRamDump mode, there is a debug feature that can be used to dump memory contents, if an attacker has physical access to the device. This could lead to local information disclosure with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. Product: Androi...

PT-2018-5525 · Google · Android

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Android versions prior to the fixed version Description: The issue concerns a debug feature in XBLRamDump mode that can be exploited to dump memory contents, potentially leading to local information disclosure. This can be achieved with...

Examining & Evaluating Security Before a “Pressure Event” is Critical…Especially on a Hot Summer Day

There are countless parallels between cyber and physical security. I often use physical security to explain cyber to the uninitiated. The thick walls, soundproofed vents, locks and codes and even the key on the door to Robert Hanssen’s SCIF are mirrored by the malware detectors, firewalls next-ge...

[SECURITY] [DLA 1270-1] xen security update

Package : xen Version : 4.1.6.lts1-12 CVE ID : CVE-2016-9603 CVE-2016-9637 CVE-2017-2620 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Xen hypervisor, which could result in privilege escalation. For Debian 7 "Wheezy", these problems have been fixed in version 4.1.6.lts1-12. We recommend th...

CVE-2017-1545

IBM Doors Web Access 9.5 and 9.6 could allow an attacker with physical access to the system to log into the application using previously stored credentials. IBM X-Force ID: 130914...

CVE-2017-1545

IBM Doors Web Access 9.5 and 9.6 could allow an attacker with physical access to the system to log into the application using previously stored credentials. IBM X-Force ID: 130914...

CVE-2017-1545

IBM Doors Web Access 9.5 and 9.6 could allow an attacker with physical access to the system to log into the application using previously stored credentials. IBM X-Force ID: 130914...

PT-2018-5833 · Ibm · Ibm Doors Web Access

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: IBM Doors Web Access versions 9.5 through 9.6 Description: The issue allows an attacker with physical access to the system to log into the application using previously stored credentials. Recommendations: For versions 9.5 and 9.6, consider...

Intel AMT Loophole Allows Hackers to Gain Control of Some PCs in Under a Minute

Researchers have found a loophole in Intel processors that allow an attacker to bypass logins and place backdoors on laptops, allowing adversaries remote access to laptops. Researchers at F-Secure, that first identified the attack strategy, say the loophole can be exploited in less than one minut...

HP Insight Control For VMware vCenter Server 7.3 Insecure Permissions Vulnerability

HP Insight Control for VMware vCenter Server version 7.3 allows a low privileged attacker to read sensitive information files, decrypt all configuration server passwords, and gain access to the systems which in turn leads to the compromise of the whole infrastructure. / Exploit Title: HP Insight...

Red Hat Single User Mode

The remote Red Hat system does not have authorization for single user mode enabled. An attacker with physical access can enter single user mode with root privileges via the LILO or GRUB boot menu. TRUSTED...

This New Android Malware Can Physically Damage Your Phone

Due to the recent surge in cryptocurrency prices, not only hackers but also legitimate website administrators are increasingly using JavaScript-based cryptocurrency miners to monetize by levying the CPU power of your PC to mine Bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies. Just last week, researchers from...

TRITON Malware Targeting Critical Infrastructure Could Cause Physical Damage

Security researchers have uncovered another nasty piece of malware designed specifically to target industrial control systems ICS with a potential to cause health and life-threatening accidents. Dubbed Triton, also known as Trisis, the ICS malware has been designed to target Triconex Safety...

Attackers Deploy New ICS Attack Framework “TRITON” and Cause Operational Disruption to Critical Infrastructure

Introduction Mandiant recently responded to an incident at a critical infrastructure organization where an attacker deployed malware designed to manipulate industrial safety systems. The targeted systems provided emergency shutdown capability for industrial processes. We assess with moderate...

CVE-2017-14953

HikVision Wi-Fi IP cameras, when used in a wired configuration, allow physically proximate attackers to trigger association with an arbitrary access point by leveraging a default SSID with no WiFi encryption or authentication. NOTE: Vendor states that this is not a vulnerability, but more an...

CVE-2017-17046

An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.9.x on the ARM platform allowing guest OS users to obtain sensitive information from DRAM after a reboot, because disjoint blocks, and physical addresses that do not start at zero, are mishandled...

CVE-2017-17045

An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.9.x allowing HVM guest OS users to gain privileges on the host OS, obtain sensitive information, or cause a denial of service BUG and host OS crash by leveraging the mishandling of Populate on Demand PoD Physical-to-Machine P2M errors...