eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 13, 2024

The problem: This week, we have not one but two 18-year-old vulnerabilities: researchers at IOActive discovered a flaw in AMD central processing units that has existed in processors made as early as 2006. This affects the safety of OpenSSH’s encryption and transport security features. This can happen even when SMM is locked.

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Firmware Software Wireless Security Defenses 110

eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 13, 2024

The problem: This week, we have not one but two 18-year-old vulnerabilities: researchers at IOActive discovered a flaw in AMD central processing units that has existed in processors made as early as 2006. This affects the safety of OpenSSH’s encryption and transport security features. This can happen even when SMM is locked.

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Firmware Software Wireless Security Defenses 105

eSecurity Planet

JULY 8, 2024

It’s a regression of an 18-year-old flaw (CVE-2006-5051) that was reintroduced in October 2020. To protect your network devices from potential risks, apply patches on a regular basis and keep their firmware up to date. The fix: Traeger has enabled automated firmware updates for grills using the D2 Wi-Fi Controller.

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Risk Authentication Firmware Surveillance 63

eSecurity Planet

JULY 24, 2023

FIPS 140-3 sets encryption and protection standards for everything from software, SSDs and HDDs to network switches and new quantum encryption standards, yet product certifications have been running far behind historical norms. The FIPS 140-3 standard did not change encryption algorithms or key size. Apple corecrypto Module v11.1

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Encryption Firmware Software Technology 98