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Design flaw in Intel processors opens door to rootkits, researcher says

07

Aug

2015

A design #flaw in the x86-#processor #architecture dating back almost two decades could allow attackers to install a #rootkit in the low-level firmware of computers, a security researcher said Thursday. Such malware could be undetectable by security products. The vulnerability stems from a feature first added to the x86 architecture in 1997. It was disclosed […]

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Black Hat USA 2015: The full story of how that Jeep was hacked

07

Aug

2015

Recently we wrote about the now-famous hack of a Jeep Cherokee. At Black Hat USA 2015, a large security conference, researchers Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek finally explained in detail, how exactly that hack happened. At the start of their research Miller and Valasek tried to hack the multimedia system of Jeep through Wi-Fi connection […]

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More than 440K new Android malware strains found in Q1, study finds

02

Jul

2015

More than 440,000 new strains of Android malware were discovered by security experts at G DATA analyzing data for the first quarter of 2015. That the company’s Q1 2015 Mobile Malware Report found so many strains of malware, representing a 6.4 percent jump from the quarter before, is not surprising, considering half of U.S. consumers […]

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