5 reasons IT should consider client virtualization

Virtualization has brought a dramatic level of growth and advancement to technology and business over the years. It transforms physical infrastructure into dedicated, partitioned virtual machines (VM) that deliver critical cloud applications and servic… Continue reading 5 reasons IT should consider client virtualization

Pandemic thinking: What if there were a vaccine for OT ransomware?

The year 2020 has been defined globally by the COVID-19 pandemic. One of few silver linings for this difficult set of circumstances is innovation – redesigning normal processes so that life can carry on with some degree of regularity and reliabil… Continue reading Pandemic thinking: What if there were a vaccine for OT ransomware?

Microsoft’s new ‘Pluton’ security processor gets buy-in from Intel, AMD

Microsoft and three major computing vendors — AMD, Intel and Qualcomm Technologies — on Tuesday said they would produce security chips designed to keep attackers from stealing critical data such as encryption keys and credentials from computing systems. The goal is to guard against a relatively new breed of attack techniques, made famous by the 2018 Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities, that pry data from a computer’s most sensitive enclaves. To do this, Microsoft said it will store critical data on the chip itself, isolating it from the rest of the system. Advocates of the new security chip, known as Pluton, say it will cut off a key vector for data-stealing attacks: a communication channel between a computing system’s central processing unit (CPU) and another piece of hardware known as the trusted platform module (TPM). In one example of that type of attack, researchers from security company NCC Group in 2018 […]

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Researchers break Intel SGX by creating $30 device to control CPU voltage

Researchers at the University of Birmingham have managed to break Intel SGX, a set of security functions used by Intel processors, by creating a $30 device to control CPU voltage. Break Intel SGX The work follows a 2019 project, in which an internation… Continue reading Researchers break Intel SGX by creating $30 device to control CPU voltage

Nvidia Warns Windows Gamers of GeForce NOW Flaw

Both Nvidia and Intel faced severe security issues this week – including a high-severity bug in Nvidia’s GeForce NOW. Continue reading Nvidia Warns Windows Gamers of GeForce NOW Flaw

Oracle Kills 402 Bugs in Massive October Patch Update

Over half of Oracle’s flaws in its quarterly patch update can be remotely exploitable without authentication; 65 are critical, and two have CVSS scores of 10 out of 10. Continue reading Oracle Kills 402 Bugs in Massive October Patch Update

Intel Adds Memory Encryption, Firmware Security to Ice Lake Chips

Intel’s addition of memory encryption to its upcoming 3rd generation Xeon Scalable processors matches AMD’s Secure Memory Encryption (SME) feature. Continue reading Intel Adds Memory Encryption, Firmware Security to Ice Lake Chips

A Breadboard Block for 8-Bit CPU’s

Breadboard CPU’s are a fantastic learning experience and require serious dedication and patience. Occasionally, CPU builders eschew their breadboards and fab their design onto a PCB. But this takes aways the flexibility and some of the opportunity for learning that breadboard CPUs offer. [c0pperdragon] was doing the same sort of …read more

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Indian RISC-V Chip is Team’s Third Successful Chip

There was a time when creating a new IC was a very expensive proposition. While it still isn’t pocket change, custom chips are within reach of sophisticated experimenters and groups. As evidence, look at the Moushik CPU from the SHAKTI group. This is the group’s third successful tapeout and is …read more

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