Reverse Engineering Intellectual Property: Chip Ptychographic X-ray Laminography

Image Credit: Paul Scherrer Institute – Ptychographic X-ray Laminography
via Samuel K. Moore – writing for IEEE Spectrum Magazine – comes this outstanding article published on October 7th, 2019; in which, Mr. Moore details the application of well-know… Continue reading Reverse Engineering Intellectual Property: Chip Ptychographic X-ray Laminography

Quantum Of Tuesday: Google Quantum AI’s Paper, Whereabouts Known

Not Google’s Quantum AI….
via Bianca Bharti – writing for Canada’s National Post, comes news of Google, Inc’s (Nasdaq: GOOGL) stunning accomplishment in quantum computation. Described in a paper entitled ‘Quantum supremacy using a programmable… Continue reading Quantum Of Tuesday: Google Quantum AI’s Paper, Whereabouts Known

Hardware Security, Ramtin Amin’s Take

Friend of the Blog Trey Blalock of Firewall Consultants sent a link in yesterday which amgically trasnprted us to Ramtin Amin’s Web Blog yesterday (in actuality, a Hardware Security blog of considerable reknown)(gracias Trey!). Ramtin’s work is indic… Continue reading Hardware Security, Ramtin Amin’s Take

NetSpectre, The New Vector

Meanwhile, in Spectre (PDF) news, comes word from Ars Technica’s Peter Bright, of a newly discovered attack vector (PDF) (dubbed NetSpectre) using the pernicious speculative-execution in-built microscode from the Minds of Intel Corporation. Now – and … Continue reading NetSpectre, The New Vector

Black Hills Information Security, Rick Wisser and Sierra Ward’s ‘Hardware Hacking 101’

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Fourth Spectre/Meltdown Hole of Doom Discovered

via Chris Williams, Editor in Chief of The Register, comes this surprising/yet not surprising fourth security flaw that now joins the Spectre/Meltdown Speculative Execution flaw in modern CPUs. Bad news for all.

“Variant 4 is referred to as a specula… Continue reading Fourth Spectre/Meltdown Hole of Doom Discovered

The Grayshift Predicament

I am sure you have all read the news of Grayshift’s issues battling extortionists and their ilk. I have, however, not seen any significant commentary regarding the data theft this SNAFU could facilitate.
Here’s the thought problem (looking for culpabi… Continue reading The Grayshift Predicament

BlueHat IL 2018, Gunter Ollmann’s’ ‘Extracting Secrets from Silicon: A New Generation of Bug Hunting’

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