Google Posts Exploit to Use Spectre to Leak Data The Spectre family of side channel attacks against Intel based CPUs has been downplayed over the last year by some experts because they said there is no practical attack to steal data. Now Google has posted a proof of concept attack that could steal data at […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Hamas Creates Fake Missile Warning App to Hack Israelis The Times of Israel is reporting that Hamas has created and was distributing a fake Code Red rocket warning app. The app, according to Clearsky Cyber Security, takes over the phone and is impossible to remove, even if the app is deleted. Once infected, the app […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]8 new Spectre-Class Vulnerabilities Researchers have reportedly found *8* new Spectre-class vulnerabilties. Intel has classified 4 of them high risk and 4 of them medium risk, although they are not releasing any details on them – yet. The entire set is being referred to as Spectre Next Generation or Spectre-NG. At least one of them […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Meltdown and Spectre, the twin vulnerabilities affecting Intel and many other processors, has been a moving target. Patches followed by “unpatches” when those patches caused computers to reboot randomly. Then there were the software patches that slowed down computers by from 5% to 30%. The process of mitigating these vulnerabilities has been way more complicated […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]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 […]
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