CVE-2015-9138

In Android before 2018-04-05 or earlier security patch level on Qualcomm Snapdragon Automobile, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wear, and Small Cell SoC FSM9055, IPQ4019, MDM9206, MDM9607, MDM9625, MDM9635M, MDM9640, MDM9645, MDM9650, MDM9655, MSM8909W, SD 210/SD 212/SD 205, SD 400, SD 410/12, SD...

CVE-2016-10501

In Android before 2018-04-05 or earlier security patch level on Qualcomm Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wear, and Small Cell SoC FSM9055, MDM9206, MDM9607, MDM9635M, MDM9655, MSM8909W, SD 210/SD 212/SD 205, SD 400, SD 410/12, SD 425, SD 430, SD 450, SD 615/16/SD 415, SD 617, SD 625, SD 650/52, SD...

AICPA Releases New SOC 2 Guide – What You Need to Know

In March 2018, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants AICPA released its highly anticipated new System and Organization Controls 2 SOC 2 guide, which includes information for the extant 2016 trust services principles and the new 2017 trust services criteria. The following is a...

What's New with Prolexic

There have been two constants in DDoS over the last 10+ years: an ever-changing threat landscape and continuous growth in attack sizes. Akamai's Prolexic platform has stood the test of time, but we are continuing to invest in ways to make our customers' experience more valuable and relevant. I'm...

Eliminating Dwell Time with Cb Response and Red Canary

How Can I Efficiently Organize and Lead the People on My Team? Organizing your team to protect your environment with agility is a difficult task with all the varied skills and challenges related to traditional security operations center SOC structures. We asked our partners at Red Canary, who eve...

Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID31870: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on January 31, 2018

Medium Alert ID: 56629 First Published: 2018 January 31 17:23 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages distributing malicious software. Email messages that are related to this threat RuleID31870 may contain the following files: Name |...

CVE-2017-13218

Access to CNTVCTEL0 in Small Cell SoC, Snapdragon Automobile, Snapdragon Mobile and Snapdragon Wear could be used for side channel attacks and this could lead to local information disclosure with no additional execution privileges needed in FSM9055, IPQ4019, IPQ8064, MDM9206, MDM9607, MDM9635M,...

Information disclosure

Access to CNTVCTEL0 in Small Cell SoC, Snapdragon Automobile, Snapdragon Mobile and Snapdragon Wear could be used for side channel attacks and this could lead to local information disclosure with no additional execution privileges needed in FSM9055, IPQ4019, IPQ8064, MDM9206, MDM9607, MDM9635M,...

CVE-2017-13218

The CVE-2017-13218 entry documents a side-channel information-disclosure vulnerability caused by access to CNTVCT_EL0 in various ARM-based devices (e.g., Small Cell SoC, Snapdragon lines). Affected components include listed CPUs/SoCs (FSM9055, IPQ4019, IPQ8064, MDM9xxx, SD series, etc.) and relat...

Excerpts from Building a High Speed SOC: Achieving Speed (Part 2)

Carbon Black recently published an in-depth guide on what it takes to develop a "high speed" security operations center, or SOC; this is the last excerpt from that guide, which you can find here. For more information on building high speed SOCs, including how to eliminate the "response gap," chec...

SOC Forum 2017: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Massive Malware Attacks

Today I spoke at SOC Forum 2017 in Moscow. It was a great large-scale event about Security Operation Centers. 2,700 people registered. Lots of people in suits . And lots of my good fellows. The event was held in Radisson Royal Congress Park. There were three large halls for presentations and a hu...

CVE-2017-0865

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the MediaTek soc driver. Product: Android. Versions: Android kernel. Android ID: A-65025090. References: M-ALPS02973195...

CVE-2017-0865

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the MediaTek soc driver. Product: Android. Versions: Android kernel. Android ID: A-65025090. References: M-ALPS02973195...

Excerpts from Building a High Speed SOC: Introduction

Carbon Black recently published an in-depth guide on what it takes to develop a "high speed" security operations center, or SOC; this is an excerpt from that guide, which you can find here. For more information on building high speed SOCs, including how to eliminate the "response gap," check out...

IEEE P1735 Encryption Is Broken—Flaws Allow Intellectual Property Theft

Researchers have uncovered several major weaknesses in the implementation of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers IEEE P1735 cryptography standard that can be exploited to unlock, modify or steal encrypted system-on-chip blueprints. The IEEE P1735 scheme was designed to encrypt...

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The Android Security Bulletin contains details of security vulnerabilities affecting Android devices. Security patch levels of 2017-11-06 or later address all of these issues. To learn how to check a device's security patch level, see Check and update your Android version. Android partners were...

November 3, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Friday” Edition

Good morning! Sit with Carbon Black this morning over a cup of coffee or tea and browse a few industry headlines to get the day started. We’ve got just enough information below to get you through that first cup…enjoy! November 3, 2017 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: Endpoint security needs...

Apple: OOB NUL byte write when handling WLC_E_TRACE event packets(CVE-2017-7112)

Broadcom produces Wi-Fi HardMAC SoCs which are used to handle the PHY and MAC layer processing. These chips are present in both mobile devices and Wi-Fi routers, and are capable of handling many Wi-Fi related events without delegating to the host OS. On iOS, the "AppleBCMWLANBusInterfacePCIe"...

Google Android Qualcomm SoC Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Android is a free and open source Linux-based operating system led and developed by Google Inc. and the Open Handset Alliance. An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the Google Android Qualcomm SoC driver, which can be exploited by attackers to elevate privileges...

Apple: Information Leak when handling WLC_E_COUNTRY_CODE_CHANGED event packets(CVE-2017-7116)

Broadcom produces Wi-Fi HardMAC SoCs which are used to handle the PHY and MAC layer processing. These chips are present in both mobile devices and Wi-Fi routers, and are capable of handling many Wi-Fi related events without delegating to the host OS. On iOS, the "AppleBCMWLANBusInterfacePCIe"...