Month: March 2023

Leaked documents allegedly detail top Russian govt malware • The Register

Snowden-esque ‘Vulkan’ dossier links Moscow firm to FSB, GRU, SRV

Source: Leaked documents allegedly detail top Russian govt malware • The Register


Researchers Spot Silicon-Level Hardware Trojans in Chips, Release Their Algorithm for All to Try – Hackster.io

Using thousands of electron microscope images and the original chip layout, 37 of 40 deliberate modifications were spotted.

Source: Researchers Spot Silicon-Level Hardware Trojans in Chips, Release Their Algorithm for All to Try – Hackster.io


Yubikeys / 2FA

This guy here does a great job explaining how to use your Yubikey series 5 key to use for 2FA. Love this method, no cloud is involved.


Google finds 18 baseband zero-day bugs in Samsung Exynos chipsets

Project Zero, Google’s zero-day bug-hunting team, discovered and reported 18 baseband zero-day vulnerabilities in Samsung’s Exynos chipsets used in mobile devices, wearables, and cars. […]

Source: Google finds 18 baseband zero-day bugs in Samsung Exynos chipsets


Secret Service & ICE conducted warrantless cellular surveillance!

DC is crawling/sprawling with #Stingrays. Some of the Stingrays are from state actors conducting reconnaissance of their own. These devices are black boxes with NDAs and LEOs can’t even acknowledge that they’re using them. Funding for these are placed into black budgets.


2FA Isn’t Secure – Here’s What You Need Instead!

Shannon Morse ‘Snubs’ breaks this down in a good way. She’s come a long way from her beginning days with HAK5.