The twins bugs of Meltdown and Spectre are a once in a career event for security pros. Most bugs are found quickly – these have been around for 20+ years. Most bugs affect one hardware platform like Intel or AMD or are not related to any specific hardware device. Spectre affects every modern computing processor […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Tech Crunch is reporting that Intel told customers about the Meltdown and Spectre flaws before the public announcement, but they did not tell the U.S. Government about it. Most of the time, it is the other way around. The U.S. Government knows about a flaw but doesn’t tell the company who can do something about […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]UPDATE: Google’s Project Zero released information about the flaw and attacks as reports and speculation escalated (see here). Reporters, including this one, are just learning the details of this. An FAQ about the attack, which says that it affects Intel, AMD and ARM processors is available here. It does, they say, affect every microprocessor […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]In what is an unusual move by the FBI and DHS, CERT released a security bulletin saying that attackers were going after government entities and critical infrastructure and had been doing so at least since May. They said this is a multi-stage attack, going after low security and small networks and then moving inside those […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]In what may be the first of its kind event, the FDA recalled a pacemaker from St Jude, now owned by Abbott Labs. Researchers discovered the flaws prior to Abbott’s acquisition of St. Jude and reported them to both the FDA and St. Jude. Both decided to do nothing about it until the researchers went […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]This case of intrigue may seem like it belongs in a spy novel, but in this case, it is winding up in the Board Room and the court room. Here is the story. Chicago based Guaranteed Rate courted the employee of a much smaller rival mortgage company, Benjamin Anderson. While still employed at the smaller […]
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