September 4, 2019
NYC has hired hackers to hit back at stalkerware
A New York City government pilot program is bringing technologists and domestic abuse victims together for good. Source: NYC has hired hackers to hit back at stalkerware
September 3, 2019
What to do when the robocalls won’t stop
Source: What to do when the robocalls won’t stop
23-gigabyte database had plain-text passwords, face images, and much more. Source: Found: World-readable database used to secure buildings around the globe
September 2, 2019
Screwed Drivers – Signed, Sealed, Delivered – Eclypsium
Download the PDF > Introduction Common Design Flaw In Dozens of Device Drivers Allows Widespread Windows Compromise As part of Eclypsium’s ongoing hardware and firmware security research, we have become increasingly interested in the area of insecure drivers and how they can be abused in an attack against a device.… Source: Screwed Drivers – Signed, Sealed, Delivered – Eclypsium
September 2, 2019
New Spectre-like CPU vulnerability bypasses existing defenses
The SWAPGS vulnerability can allow attackers to access contents of kernel memory addresses. Microsoft and Intel have coordinated on a mitigation. Source: New Spectre-like CPU vulnerability bypasses existing defenses