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 […]
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Crackers latch onto year-old Windows token vuln Track this topic Print story Post comment Unpatched bug features in multi-stage attacks 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 […]
New DNS trojan taints entire LAN from single box One ‘sploit pwns all By Dan Goodin in San Francisco Posted in Security, 16th March 2009 22:43 GMT Internet security experts are warning of a new rash of malware attacks that can hijack the security settings of a wide variety of devices on a local area […]
For those of you who want the world at your fingertips, the wait is almost over. The future PC promises to put nearly everything you could need or want right in your palm. Think of a souped-up version of today’s smartphone, with a monitor that unrolls into a larger screen and a biometric security system […]
Microsoft warned enterprise customers this week that the migration path from XP to Windows 7 won’t be any easier than it is to Vista, and offered recommendations for how companies can move from older versions of Windows to one of its newer client OSes. “Moving from XP to Windows 7 is not a magic bullet,” […]
M*crosoft Offers $250,000 Bounty For Worm Authors The company has formed a cybersecurity posse with technology companies, academic organizations, and Internet infrastructure firms to dismantle the Conficker/Downandup worm’s infrastructure. By Thomas Claburn, InformationWeek Feb. 12, 2009 Beset by malicious worms after failing to convince enough server administrators to take its out-of-band Security Bulletin, MS08-067, seriously, […]
************************************************************************* SANS NewsBites February 6, 2009 Vol. 11, Num. 10 ************************************************************************* –Amplified DDoS Attack Hits Small ISP (February 4 & 5, 2009) A new twist in DDoS (distributed denial of service) attacks has come to light after the operator of a pornographic web […]
Stephen Sinofsky, Vice President, Windows and Windows Live Engineering Group at Microsoft, has written a blog post to everyone testing the Windows 7 Beta giving out details about skipping the Windows 7 Beta 2, and going directly to the Release Candidate (RC) build, also known as a Beta refresh. The Release Candidate will be the […]
The next upgrade to Apple’s iPhone will have a strong focus on gaming, analysts and developers agree. That’s because the gaming market is an increasingly juicy segment of the mobile multimedia space – and it’s one that Apple’s phenomenally successful iPhone is well-positioned to dominate. “The iPhone and iPod Touch are becoming a major new […]