Collaborate Disseminate
Hackers behind the Carbanak criminal gang have devised a clever way to gain persistence on targeted systems to more effectively pull off financially motivated crimes. Continue reading Carbanak Attackers Devise Clever New Persistence Trick
At this year’s BlackHat Asia security conference, researchers from Cylance disclosed two potentially fatal flaws in the UEFI firmware of Gigabyte BRIX small computers which allow a would-be attacker unfettered low-level access to the computer.
Gigabyte has been working on a fix since the start of 2017. Gigabyte are preparing to release firmware updates as a matter of urgency to only one of the affected models — GB-BSi7H-6500 (firmware vF6), while leaving the — GB-BXi7-5775 (firmware vF2) unpatched as it has reached it’s end of life. We understand that support can’t last forever, but if you sell products with such …read more
Continue reading Gigabytes the Dust with UEFI Vulnerabilities
Walking through the expo hall at Black Hat Europe was uplifting – if the vendor booths were to be believed, APT’s can be stopped in their tracks, Ransomware protection can be guaranteed, and phishing can become a term applied to lake activities again. All it requires is buying this tool! It made me wonder why people…
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Events Related The Security Summer Camp Talks I Want To See… – jerrygamblin.com I took some time tonight and read through the Security Summer Camp (BSidesLV, Blackhat and Defcon) schedules and picked the talks from this year that I think will be the best and that I do not want to miss. BlackHat/Def Con/BSides Talk Picks for 2016 […]
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Every year, the increased sophistication of threat actors and the expanding attack surface makes it more challenging for the Black Hat NOC security teams to maintain a highly functional environment that is safe and secure but doesn’t stifle productivity and learning. When you have an assembly of the best and most advanced security experts, hackers,…
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Summer is nearly here, and with that comes the preparations for the largest gathering of security researchers on the planet. In early August, researchers, geeks, nerds, and other extremely cool people will descend upon the high desert of Las Vegas, Nevada to discuss the vulnerabilities of software, the exploits of hardware, and the questionable activities of government entities. This is Black Hat and DEF CON, when taken together it’s the largest security conference on the planet.
These conferences serve a very important purpose. Unlike academia, security professionals don’t make a name for themselves by publishing in journals. The pecking order …read more
Summer 2015 has been quite a busy time for the memory forensics community. We wanted to write a quick update to talk about some recent events and research as well as upcoming news.
Conferences
Black Hat Vegas 2015
We wanted to again thank everyone w… Continue reading Volatility Updates Summer 2015
Summer 2015 has been quite a busy time for the memory forensics community. We wanted to write a quick update to talk about some recent events and research as well as upcoming news.
Conferences
Black Hat Vegas 2015
We wanted to again thank everyone w… Continue reading Volatility Updates Summer 2015
Due to another year of open research and giving back to the open source community, Volatility will have a strong presence at both Black Hat USA and DFRWS 2015. This includes presentations, a book signing, and even a party!
At Black Hat, the core Vola… Continue reading Volatility at Black Hat USA & DFRWS 2015!
Due to another year of open research and giving back to the open source community, Volatility will have a strong presence at both Black Hat USA and DFRWS 2015. This includes presentations, a book signing, and even a party!
At Black Hat, the core Vola… Continue reading Volatility at Black Hat USA & DFRWS 2015!
