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Hardware Vulnerability in Apple’s M-Series Chips

Schneier on Security

By loading the contents into the CPU cache before it’s actually needed, the DMP, as the feature is abbreviated, reduces latency between the main memory and the CPU, a common bottleneck in modern computing. As a result, the DMP often reads the data and attempts to treat it as an address to perform memory access. So it could be worse.

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Microsoft Patch Tuesday Addresses 130 Flaws – Including Unpatched RomCom Exploit

eSecurity Planet

“While some Patch Tuesdays focus on fixes for minor bugs or issues with features, these patches almost purely focus on security-related issues,” Cloud Range vice president of technology Tom Marsland said by email. CVE-2023-32049 , a security feature bypass vulnerability in Windows SmartScreen with a CVSS score of 8.8

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How to implant a malware in hidden area of SSDs with Flex Capacity feature

Security Affairs

The attacks work against drives with flex capacity features and allow to implant a malicious code in a hidden area of SSDs called over-provisioning. This memory location is used for performance optimization on NAND flash-based storage systems. Many storage devices can vary the size of the OP area in real-time to optimize performance.

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PgMiner botnet exploits disputed CVE to hack unsecured PostgreSQL DBs

Security Affairs

The bot performs brute-force attacks against PostgreSQL databases exposed online, it exploits a disputed PostgreSQL remote code execution (RCE) flaw to compromises database servers. It is interesting to note that threat actors have started to weaponize disputed CVEs, not only confirmed ones. 9, 2013. . ” continues the analysis.

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How to Package and Price Embedded Analytics

Just by embedding analytics, application owners can charge 24% more for their product. How much value could you add? This framework explains how application enhancements can extend your product offerings. Brought to you by Logi Analytics.

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Vulnerability Recap 4/29/24 – Cisco, Microsoft, Palo Alto & More

eSecurity Planet

Although fixed in the October 2022 updates, Microsoft notes that the zero-day vulnerability may have been exploited as early as April 2019. Vulnerability tested, 0-byte file created, no indication of unauthorized command injection: Perform the same remediation as exploit level 1. Perform a Factory Reset and reconfigure the device. .):

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Another Ransomware For Linux Likely In Development

Security Affairs

We observed that the dropped README note matches exactly with the DarkAngels ransomware README note (see Figure 1). The start_routine()(FUN_0041cf55) (see Figure 4) function performs the following steps to encrypt target files: Opens the target file and sets the write lock on it using fcntl().