5 Steps to a High-Speed SOC

Your endpoints don’t just live within the safety of your corporate network—they’re out in the wild exposed to millions of new threats every day. With non-malware attacks on the rise that are even harder to detect than traditional malware, security professionals are realizing it is no longer a...

CVE-2017-0827

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the MediaTek soc driver. Product: Android. Versions: Android kernel. Android ID: A-62539960. References: M-ALPS03353876, M-ALPS03353861, M-ALPS03353869, M-ALPS03353867, M-ALPS03353872...

Broadcom ICMPv6 Information Leak Vulnerability

Exploit for hardware platform in category dos / poc Broadcom: Information Leak in ICMPv6 Router Advertisement Offloading CVE-2017-11122 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,...

CVE-2017-0827

CVE-2017-0827 is an Elevation of Privilege vulnerability in the MediaTek SoC driver within the Android kernel. Affects Android devices with MediaTek SoC driver stack; root cause is a flaw in the SoC driver that could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary code within a privileged process con...

CVE-2017-0827

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the MediaTek soc driver. Product: Android. Versions: Android kernel. Android ID: A-62539960. References: M-ALPS03353876, M-ALPS03353861, M-ALPS03353869, M-ALPS03353867, M-ALPS03353872...

Broadcom: Multiple overflows when handling 802.11r (FT) Reassociation Response(CVE-2017-11121)

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. In order to allow fast roaming between access...

Broadcom: Heap overflow when handling 802.11v WNM Sleep Mode Response(CVE-2017-7065)

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. In order to allow clients to configure...

Broadcom 802.11r (FT) Reassociation Response Overflows Vulnerability

Broadcom suffers from multiple overflow vulnerabilities when handling 802.11r FT Reassociation Response. Broadcom: Multiple overflows when handling 802.11r FT Reassociation Response CVE-2017-11121 Broadcom produces Wi-Fi HardMAC SoCs which are used to handle the PHY and MAC layer processing. Thes...

Partner Perspectives: Operationalizing Data With the Carbon Black and Splunk Integration (Part 1)

Editor's Note: this blog originally appeared on RedCanary.com Over the last 5 years I have grown very close to Splunk. The product has evolved so much over the years, but the core architecture has always been easy to deploy and understand. Splunk is known for the speed at which it can search for...

Apple assembleBGScanResults Heap Overflow Vulnerability

Exploit for macOS platform in category dos / poc Apple: Heap overflow in "assembleBGScanResults" when handling ioctl results CVE-2017-7105 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...

Google Android Qualcomm component SoC driver information disclosure vulnerability (CNVD-2017-27635)

Android is a Linux-based open source operating system jointly developed by Google and the Open Handheld Alliance OHA, and the Qualcomm SoC driver is one of the Qualcomm system-on-chip drivers. An information disclosure vulnerability exists in the Qualcomm SoC driver in Android. The vulnerability...

August 11, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Alcatraz” 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! August 11, 2017 - Headlines Experimental Defense Unit Funds New Tech but Faces...

SOC 2 Criteria: Change Is Coming - And You Can Have a Voice

SOC 2 reports are an important tool service providers use to give their customers assurances about their services security, compliance, privacy, availability, confidentiality and processing integrity by providing details about the service and the related controls that are in place. SOC 2...

Enterprise Security: EAA Exceeds Compliance Standards

I sat down again with John Payne, Akamai's Chief Architect of Infrastructure and Security, as well as Keith Hillis, Director IT Risk & Security. We spoke about enterprise security compliance, and how Enterprise Application Access EAA exceeds Akamai's requirements and simplifies the process for...

Google Nexus 9 Cypress SAR Firmware Injection via I2C(CVE-2017-0563)

Product Google Nexus 9 Vulnerable Version Nexus 9 Android Builds before N4F27B - May 2017, i.e. before bootloader 3.50.0.0143. Mitigation Install N4F27B or later bootloader version 3.50.0.0143. Technical Details The Nexus 9 device contains a sensor SoC manufactured by Cypress. The sensor is manag...

SOC 2 Type 1 and SOC 2 Type 2 Frequently Asked Questions

Coalfires SOC Practice Directors Dixon Wright and Jeff Cook recently conducted a webinar on AWS and SOC Reporting, What you need to know. The presentation provided a lot of good points that organizations should know or be prepared for regardless of the technology that is being used. Below you wil...

Remote code execution

A remote code execution vulnerability in the Broadcom Wi-Fi firmware could enable a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code within the context of the Wi-Fi SoC. This issue is rated as Critical due to the possibility of remote code execution in the context of the Wi-Fi SoC. Product: Android...

CVE-2017-0561

A remote code execution vulnerability in the Broadcom Wi-Fi firmware could enable a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code within the context of the Wi-Fi SoC. This issue is rated as Critical due to the possibility of remote code execution in the context of the Wi-Fi SoC. Product: Android...

Google Android Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CNVD-2017-04553)

Android is a cell phone operating system based on the Linux open kernel. Google Android has a remote code execution vulnerability in the Broadcom Wi-Fi firmware that could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of a Wi-Fi SoC...

Broadcom WiFi SoC Privilege Acquisition Vulnerability

The WiFi SoC is a Wifie NIC chip from Broadcom Corporation. The Broadcom WiFi SoC contains a privilege acquisition vulnerability that can be exploited by an attacker to completely take over a device that is using a Broadcom wireless card on the same WiFi network and does not require interaction...