Last week, Intel and independent security researchers announced that Intel chips have another flaw that could potentially let hackers pull sensitive information from microprocessors. The researchers say that the flaw is vulnerable to four new attacks, each of which can capture information like encryption keys and passwords — the quintessential building blocks of security for…
Last week, Intel disclosed another set of processor flaws that could let attackers steal information stored on computers or third party clouds. Discovered by a number of researchers and reported to Intel in January, the vulnerability includes three varieties: L1 Terminal Fault-SGX, L1 Terminal Fault-OS/SMM and L1 Terminal Fault-VMM. The company said in a blog…
From Mirari and Satori botnets to Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities, the Internet of Things (IoT) has inarguably become tech’s number one target. With no end in sight in the rise of the IoT, we have to begin to wonder what the realities of IoT concerns are. The BBC’s recent big budget thriller, McMafia, even showed…
The following is a recap of HOBI’s blog during the week 1/08-1/12. New Security Flaws Leave Nearly All Smartphones and Computers at Risk Jan. 3, researchers reported two security flaws, dubbed Meltdown and Spectre, that allow processor exploits to steal passwords and other sensitive user data from almost any device made in the past 20…
Late Jan. 2, tech publisher, The Register, reported two security flaws that they say could let hackers steal sensitive information from nearly every modern computing device containing chips from Intel corp, Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) and ARM Holdings. One of the bugs will put laptops, desktop computers, smartphones, tablets and internet servers alike at…