Saturday, March 21st, 2009 As promised, the paper and the proof of concept code has just been posted on the ITL website here.A quote from the paper:
In this paper we have described practical exploitation of the CPU cache poisoning in order to read or write into (otherwise protected) SMRAM memory. We have implemented two ...
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Monday, February 2nd, 2009 If you have an RFID-lojacked passport but don't keep it in a faraday cage wallet, this video of Chris Paget's war-driving exploits—plucking information off them from afar—should make you think real hard about it.Cruising through downtown San Francisco in his car with a $250 homebrew RFID reader setup consisting of ...
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Wednesday, January 28th, 2009 DP Shredder scrubs files, folders, and free disk space with Department-of-Defense-approved methods. Completely stand-alone and small, DP Shredder is a great addition to your flash drive toolbox.After selecting the disk, folder, or file you want to securely delete with DP Shredder, you can select the method and number of times ...
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Saturday, January 24th, 2009 We should all be using cable locks to secure our laptops when we have to leave them in a static location for an extended period of time, but do you always take the cable lock with you when you throw your laptop in your bag and leave? Or does the ...
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Wednesday, January 21st, 2009 Drives such as USB sticks infected with the virus trick users into installing the worm, according to researchers.The "Autoplay" function in Vista and early versions of Windows 7 automatically searches for programs on removable drives.However, the virus hijacks this process, masquerading as a folder to be opened. When clicked, the ...
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