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SMM (System Management Mode) is the portion of the Intel processors that runs above the hypervisor. Researchers have found a way to exploit the Intel caching mechanisms to jump from the hypervisor at ring 0 up a level to SMM. The only way to detect the exploit is to disassemble the system and perform some hardcore [...]

Crackers latch onto year-old Windows token vuln
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By John Leyden
Posted in Security, 18th March 2009 20:25 GMT

Hackers have created exploits against a long-standing, unpatched Windows “token kidnapping” vulnerability.

The appearance of attacks follows a year after security researchers Cesar Cerrudo informed Microsoft of the problem [...]