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Vulnerabilities

Issued by: Security Week

AtomBombing: The Windows Vulnerability that Cannot be Patched

Researchers have discovered a code-injection vulnerability in the Windows operating system that cannot, because of the nature of the operating system, be patched. It could be used to bypass current malware protection solutions in place. “Unfortunately,” writes enSilo researcher Tal Liberman in a report published Oct. 27, “this issue cannot be patched since it doesn’t rely…

Network Security

Issued by: Security Week

What’s the Fix for IoT DDoS Attacks?

No one has claimed responsibility, and Dyn has been somewhat quiet about the attack vectors, but has said that possibly 100,000 hijacked connected devices could have been used in the attack. The attacks could be fallout from the Mirai IoT Botnet assault against Brian Krebs earlier this month. As Krebs himself notes, the attacks started within…

Malware & Threats

Issued by: Help Net Security

Hacking 3D manufacturing systems demonstrated by researchers

Researchers from three universities combined their expertise to demonstrate the first complete sabotage attack on a 3D additive manufacturing (AM) system, illustrating how a cyber attack and malicious manipulation of blueprints can fatally damage production of a device or machine. In their paper titled “Dr0wned,” researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU), the University…