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Researchers Uncover 'Inception' Flaw in AMD CPUs

Data Breach Today

Vulnerability Allows Manipulation of CPU to Leak Data Security researchers uncovered a vulnerability in AMD chips that could allow hackers to trick a computer system into leaking data from its kernel.

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Mozilla Drops Onerep After CEO Admits to Running People-Search Networks

Krebs on Security

On March 14, KrebsOnSecurity published a story showing that Onerep’s Belarusian CEO and founder Dimitiri Shelest launched dozens of people-search services since 2010, including a still-active data broker called Nuwber that sells background reports on people. Onerep and Shelest did not respond to requests for comment on that story.

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Google Pays $10M in Bug Bounties in 2023

Schneier on Security

The highest reward for a vulnerability report in 2023 was $113,337, while the total tally since the program’s launch in 2010 has reached $59 million. Google’s other big software project, the Chrome browser, was the subject of 359 security bug reports that paid out a total of $2.1 Slashdot thread.

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Router Security

Schneier on Security

This report is six months old, and I don’t know anything about the organization that produced it, but it has some alarming data about router security. A published private key provides no security at all. However, we can tell for sure that the vendors prioritize security differently. was released in October 2010.

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A Basic Timeline of the Exchange Mass-Hack

Krebs on Security

5, from a principal security researcher for security testing firm DEVCOR who goes by the handle “ Orange Tsai.” Danish security firm Dubex says it first saw clients hit on Jan. 9 (tomorrow) for publishing security updates for the Exchange flaws. ” So far the earliest known report came on Jan.

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The Unsexy Threat to Election Security

Krebs on Security

Much has been written about the need to further secure our elections, from ensuring the integrity of voting machines to combating fake news. “Such a scenario could cause great confusion and erode public confidence in our elections, even if the vote itself is actually secure,” the report continues.

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Why Malware Crypting Services Deserve More Scrutiny

Krebs on Security

If you operate a cybercrime business that relies on disseminating malicious software, you probably also spend a good deal of time trying to disguise or “crypt” your malware so that it appears benign to antivirus and security products. In 2010, someone with the username Pepyak on the Russian language affiliate forum GoFuckBiz[.]com