Assessing Weaknesses in Public Key Infrastructure
Academic researchers size up weaknesses in the the code-signing Public Key Infrastructure and highlight three types of flaws. Continue reading Assessing Weaknesses in Public Key Infrastructure
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BoundHook Attack Exploits Intel Skylake MPX Feature
A new attack method takes advantage a feature in Intel’s Skylake microprocessor allowing for post-intrusion application hooking and stealth manipulation of applications. Continue reading BoundHook Attack Exploits Intel Skylake MPX Feature
A Flame Diode Pilot Light Sensor For A Burning Man Installation
A naked flame is a complex soup of ionised gases, that possesses an unexpected property. As you might expect with that much ionisation there is some level of electrical conductivity, but the unusual property comes in that a flame can be made to conduct in only one direction. In other words, it can become a diode of sorts, in a manner reminiscent of a vacuum tube diode.
[Paul Stoffregen] has made use of this phenomenon in a flame detector that he’s built to be installed on a Burning Man flame-based art installation. It forms part of a response to a …read more
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Be the Firebender You Want to See in the World
Always wanted to be a citizen of Fire Nation? Here’s one way to ace the citizenship exam: punch-activated flaming kung fu gauntlets of doom.
As with all the many, many, many flamethrower projects we’ve featured before, we’ve got to say this is just as bad an idea as they are and that you should not build any of them. That said, [Sufficiently Advanced]’s wrist-mounted, dual-wielding flamethrowers are pretty cool. Fueled by butane and containing enough of the right parts for even a minimally talented prosecutor to make federal bomb-making charges stick, the gauntlets each have an Arduino and accelerometer to …read more
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Hackaday Prize Entry: Watching Out for Forest Fires
Hackaday Prize entrant [Danie Copnradie] lives in South Africa where wildfires are a major problem. Every year, humans and animals are killed, crops are destroyed, and property is lost. The FireBreakNet project aims to deploy wireless environmental sensors that alert farmers, park rangers, and emergency personnel when fires break out.
According to [Danie], firefighting services are underfunded in South Africa, with farmers and their employees having to do a lot of the work involved in firefighting with their own equipment. Having access to a network of early warning sensors would allow for faster response times, saving money and lives.
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Group claims to hack NSA-tied hackers, posts exploits as proof
Extraordinary claim gets attention of security experts everywhere. Continue reading Group claims to hack NSA-tied hackers, posts exploits as proof
Researchers crack open unusually advanced malware that hid for 5 years
Espionage platform with more than 50 modules was almost certainly state sponsored. Continue reading Researchers crack open unusually advanced malware that hid for 5 years
ProjectSauron APT On Par With Equation, Flame, Duqu
ProjectSauron, an APT attack platform, has been used since 2011 to target critical government, financial and communications organizations in a number of countries. Continue reading ProjectSauron APT On Par With Equation, Flame, Duqu