Handler on Duty: Xavier Mertens
Threat Level: green
Podcast Detail
Redis Cryptocoin Mining Worm; Rowhammer over the Network; DrayTek CSRF Exploit
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Redis Cryptocoin Mining Worm
https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Anatomy+of+a+Redis+mining+worm/23673/
Evolving Chrome's Security Indicator
https://blog.chromium.org/2018/05/evolving-chromes-security-indicators.html
DrayTek CSRF 0-Day Exploited to Change DNS Servers
https://www.draytek.co.uk/support/security-advisories/kb-advisory-csrf-and-dns-dhcp-web-attacks
Rowhammer Remote Exploit
https://www.cs.vu.nl/~herbertb/download/papers/throwhammer_atc18.pdf
https://arxiv.org/abs/1805.04956
https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Anatomy+of+a+Redis+mining+worm/23673/
Evolving Chrome's Security Indicator
https://blog.chromium.org/2018/05/evolving-chromes-security-indicators.html
DrayTek CSRF 0-Day Exploited to Change DNS Servers
https://www.draytek.co.uk/support/security-advisories/kb-advisory-csrf-and-dns-dhcp-web-attacks
Rowhammer Remote Exploit
https://www.cs.vu.nl/~herbertb/download/papers/throwhammer_atc18.pdf
https://arxiv.org/abs/1805.04956
Discussion
There is no mention in the Show Notes of the Spectre attack variation allowing data access inside of the System Management Mode (SMM) area of the CPU. Here is one link: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-spectre-attack-recovers-data-from-a-cpus-protected-smm-mode/
Posted by SmilingGizmo on Mon May 21 2018, 13:53
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