Operating System
Workstations At Risk: Unveiling the RCE Bug
Recently, the world was made aware of a major vulnerability lurking within Windows Themes, tagged as CVE-2023-38146. This vulnerability, called ‘ThemeBleed,’ has a high severity rating of 8.8 and has sparked worry ...
Why Linux Should Factor Into Your Security Strategy
Linux is a pervasive operating system—and for good reason. It’s lightweight, flexible, multi-architecture supportive and open source, all leading to loads of opportunity. Today, Linux-based systems run servers, mainframes, routers, smart cars, ...
Eclypsium Researchers Demonstrate Direct Memory Attacks
Researchers from Eclypsium, a provider of secure firmware, disclosed this week that they have been able to launch successful direct memory access (DMA) attacks that bypass security frameworks such as UEFI Secure ...
French Government Open Sources Secure Operating System
The French government’s national cybersecurity agency has released an operating system built using open source components internally over the course of more than 10 years for use by the French administration. Dubbed ...
Best of the Week – 21 Ottobre 2012
This week, for some "logistical" reasons, I had to publish my "Best of the Week" a day in advance. Luckily, I had already gathered a lot of interesting security materials that you ...
