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Intel and Check Point Software extend partnership for ransomware protection

CyberSecurity Insiders

In the year 2021, security analysts tagged Ransomware at the trending malware topping the list in the Crypto-virology chart. Intel wants to contain such threats at the core and so developed tech that blocks the threat at the processor level or we can say at the early stage of relaying of commands.

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MTE - The promising path forward for memory safety

Google Security

to develop Memory Tagging Extension (MTE) technology. It works by tagging the pointers and memory regions and comparing the tags to identify mismatches ( details ). We are now happy to share the growing adoption in the ecosystem. Tensor G3 integrates support for MTE only within the developer mode toggle.

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RFID: Is it Secret? Is it Safe?

Approachable Cyber Threats

RFID uses electromagnetic fields in the form of radio waves to establish communication links between an RFID tag or transmitter and an RFID reader or receiver. Pieces of information are transmitted through the link that the reader uses to establish authenticity of the tag or transmitter and authorize access. Is RFID secure?

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Serious vulnerability in HP Omen gaming PCs discovered

CyberSecurity Insiders

Technically, Omen is a kind of pre-installed software that can be seen on HP gaming desktops and laptops and is used to customize the GPU fan setting like fan speed and do over-clocking of the processor and memory. score, tagging it as a highly severe flaw.

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Magecart threat actor rolls out convincing modal forms

Malwarebytes

Figure 2: Legitimate payment form when same store is not compromised The actual payment flow for this merchant is to redirect users to a third-party processor hosted by Dalenys, now part of Payplug , a French payment solutions company. That link redirects to the terms of use for Mercardo Pago , a payment processor used in South America.

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When we’ll get a 128-bit CPU

Security Boulevard

Doing the math, it means we have 19-bits or 38-years left before we exceed the 64-bit registers in modern processors. For many applications, 56-bits is the maximum, as they use the remaining 8-bits for tags. Indeed, even very low-end processors have been 128-bit for a long time -- for "SIMD".

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When we'll get a 128-bit CPU

Errata Security

Doing the math, it means we have 19-bits or 38-years left before we exceed the 64-bit registers in modern processors. For many applications, 56-bits is the maximum, as they use the remaining 8-bits for tags. Indeed, even very low-end processors have been 128-bit for a long time -- for "SIMD".

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