Vulnerabilities
How to Stop an Intel Foreshadow Bug Exploit Attack
Several execution vulnerabilities has been detected to affect Intel Processors. The vulnerabilities which were detected so far have been reported to be an execution type of flaws and were quickly named Foreshadow ...
Speculation Attack Against Intel’s SGX
Another speculative-execution attack against Intel's SGX. At a high level, SGX is a new feature in modern Intel CPUs which allows computers to protect users' data even if the entire system falls ...
New Foreshadow Vulnerabilities Defeat Memory Defenses on Intel CPUs
Security researchers have uncovered a new way to exploit the speculative execution feature of Intel CPUs to bypass memory security barriers and leak protected information. The vulnerability, known as Foreshadow or L1 ...
CVE-2018-6177 Chrome Bug Allows Hackers to Steal Sensitive Data via HTML Tags
A Chrome browser vulnerability known under the CVE-2018-6177 identifier, recently discovered by Imperva researcher Ron Masas, was just patched by Google. The security flaw could allow an attacker to retrieve sensitive data ...
Smartphones Vulnerable to New Form of Attacks Via microSD Cards
Security researchers at CheckPoint have warned about a new danger for our mobile devices, using a vulnerability that goes through the microSD cards. These forms of modified microSD cards can reportedly allow ...
APSB18-29: Adobe Releases August 2018 Security Updates
Adobe released the August 2018 Security Updates (APSB18-29)which addresses key vulnerabilities in the Acrobat and Reader applications. The released collection of updates are available both to Windows and Mac OS X users ...
CVE-2017-7150: Mac OS X Warning Prompts Can Be Easily Bypassed
Mac OS X computers have been found vulnerable due to a report indicating that warning prompts can be easily bypassed. A demonstration has shown how this can be used by hackers in ...
Intel Processors Affected with Foreshadow Speculative Execution Flaws
Security experts discovered three new vulnerabilities affecting Intel processors that appear to be speculative execution flaws called Foreshadow. This is the code name under which has been assigned to the bugs, appearing ...
VERT Threat Alert: August 2018 Patch Tuesday Analysis
Today’s VERT Alert addresses Microsoft’s August 2018 Security Updates. VERT is actively working on coverage for these vulnerabilities and expects to ship ASPL-792 on Wednesday, August 15th. In-The-Wild & Disclosed CVEs CVE-2018-8373 ...
August Patch Tuesday – 63 Vulns, L1TF (Foreshadow), Exchange, SQL, Active Attacks on IE flaw
In this month’s Patch Tuesday release there are 63 vulnerabilities patched with 20 Criticals. Out of the criticals, over half are browser-related, with the rest including Windows, SQL, and Exchange. Active exploits ...
