Ten scary hacks I saw at Black Hat and DEF CON - Network World
Researcher Christopher Domas from the Battelle Memorial Institute disclosed a design flaw in Intel’s x86 CPU microarchitecture that dates back to 1997. The vulnerability, which affects all Intel CPUs older than the second generation Core processor... Since Sandy Bridge was released in 2011, older boards might not even be supported anymore and might not receive updates. Critical vulnerabilities put hundreds of millions of Android devices at risk. There were two major Android security issues presented at Black Hat that put hundreds of millions of Android devices at risk. In a different talk at Black Hat, Android’s lead security engineer, Adrian Ludwig, referred to the Stagefright patching effort as the “single largest unified software update in the world. The second issue was not in the core Android components, but in the support tools that manufacturers and carriers install on their devices so that technical support staff can remotely troubleshoot issues. Security researchers from Check Point Software Technologies found multiple issues with these remote support tools. Source: www.networkworld.com
