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Human Brain Chip Implants: Helpful? Safe? Ethical?

Lohrman on Security

Major developments regarding implanting chips in human brains have been announced in 2024. Will this procedure become widespread? Are precautions — or even regulations — needed?

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Hardware Vulnerability in Apple’s M-Series Chips

Schneier on Security

It’s yet another hardware side-channel attack: The threat resides in the chips’ data memory-dependent prefetcher, a hardware optimization that predicts the memory addresses of data that running code is likely to access in the near future. M-series chips are divided into what are known as clusters.

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M1 Chip Vulnerability

Schneier on Security

This is a new vulnerability against Apple’s M1 chip. Also, I don’t know if it also applies to Apple’s new M2 chip. Researchers say that it is unpatchable. The attack shows that pointer authentication can be defeated without leaving a trace, and as it utilizes a hardware mechanism, no software patch can fix it.

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Is Your Chip Card Secure? Much Depends on Where You Bank

Krebs on Security

Chip-based credit and debit cards are designed to make it infeasible for skimming devices or malware to clone your card when you pay for something by dipping the chip instead of swiping the stripe. A chip-based credit card. But a recent series of malware attacks on U.S.-based Image: Wikipedia.

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Bluetooth Overlay Skimmer That Blocks Chip

Krebs on Security

Interestingly, these skimmers interfered with the terminal’s ability to read chip-based cards, forcing customers to swipe the stripe instead. The payment card skimmer overlay transmitted stolen data via Bluetooth, physically blocked chip-based transactions, and included a PIN pad overlay.

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New GoFetch Vulnerability in Apple’s M Chips Allows Secret Keys Leak on Compromised Computers

Tech Republic Security

The GoFetch vulnerability, which affects Apple's M series of chips, allows an attacker to steal secret keys from the Mac under certain conditions. Read tips on mitigating the GoFetch security threat.

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Fingernail Chip Implants? West Virginia's CISO Sees Value

Lohrman on Security

West Virginia CISO Danielle Cox has embedded RFID chips in her fingernails. She finds ease-of-use advantages and minimal downsides. Here’s her story, including why and how it’s done.

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