Spectre attacks involve inducing a victim to speculatively perform operations that would not occur during correct program execution and which leak the victim’s confidential information via a side-channel to the adversary. This paper describes practical attacks that combine methodology from side-channel attacks, fault attacks, and return-oriented programming that can read arbitrary memory from the victim’s […]
A new Linux malware masquerading as a Gnome shell extension and designed to spy on unsuspecting Linux desktop users was discovered by Intezer Labs’ researchers in early July.
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When a malicious object discovers that it’s under evaluation, it will postpone evil behavior until the sandbox times out. The malware simply hides its harmful capabilities until it’s in a real host. Advanced malware uses a number of techniques to avoid being detected by a sandbox. One method is to stall. When a malicious object
DNS is a protocol that makes it possible for web-connected devices to connect to and communicate with websites. It runs on various servers, and a DNS server is responsible for returning a website’s IP address when your device sends connection requests it’s the way. when you enter a website’s name into your browser, your device
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Meltdown is a hardware vulnerability affecting Intel x86 microprocessors, IBM POWER processors, and some ARM-based microprocessors. It allows a rogue process to read all memory, even when it is not authorized to do so.
