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Driver Disaster: Over 40 Signed Drivers Can’t Pass Security Muster

August 10, 2019 TH Author Asus, BIOS, CPU, DEF CON, Driver Security, Gigabyte, Hacks, LoJax, Malware, Microsoft, MSI, rootkit, Slingshot, Vulnerabilities, Windows

Dozens of insecure drivers from 20 vendors illustrate widespread weaknesses when it comes to kernel protection. READ MORE HERE…

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PortSmash Side-Channel Attack Siphons Data From Intel, Other CPUs

November 5, 2018 TH Author AMD, CPU, CVE-2018-5407, Data, Hacks, Hyper-Threading, Intel, Meltdown, side-channel, Side-channel attack, SMT, Spectre, TLBleed, Vulnerabilities

An exploit was released for a flaw existing in a process in CPUs called Simultaneous Multithreading (SMT). READ MORE HERE…

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New Ninth-Gen Intel CPUs Shield Against Some Spectre, Meltdown Variants

October 9, 2018 TH Author CPU, Intel, intel Cannonlake, L1TF, Meltdown, Spectre, virtual fences, Vulnerabilities

New Intel Coffee Lake CPUs offer hardware-based protections against some -but not all- Spectre and Meltdown variants. READ MORE HERE…

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Black Hat 2018: Mixed Signal Microcontrollers Open to Side-Channel Attacks

August 8, 2018 TH Author Black Hat, Black Hat preview, Black Hat USA, CPU, DEF CON, DEF CON 2018, Hacks, radio chips, signal circuit

In mixed-design radio chips the processor’s activity leaks into the analog portion of the chip – and is broadcast as output. READ MORE HERE…

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WebAssembly Changes Could Ruin Meltdown and Spectre Browser Patches

June 27, 2018 TH Author browsers, CPU, Meltdown, mitigations, Patches, shared memory, side channel flaw, Spectre, threading, timers, Vulnerabilities, Web Security, WebAssembly

The planned threading in shared memory update gives bad actors a way around the timer mitigations released by browser vendors. READ MORE HERE…

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