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Ledger Finds Unauthorized Hardware Implant in CryptoBilis-Sold Wallet Amid Fund Theft Reports
Ledger pauses sales after reports of $86M fund theft linked to CryptoBilis reseller. One device found with unauthorized implant.
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Unisoc VoLTE Video Call Exploit Chain Can Give Attackers Full Android Kernel Access
Security researchers at SSD Secure Disclosure have published a two-stage exploit chain that achieves full Android kernel access on devices running Unisoc modem firmware through a VoLTE video call, with no fix from the chipset maker.
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New Interrupt Injection Attack Can Bypass Spectre v2 Defenses on Intel and AMD CPUs
A new interrupt injection attack can bypass Spectre v2 defenses on Intel and AMD CPUs, allowing an unprivileged Linux program to time a hardware interrupt to land in the gap between a processor sanitizing its branch predictor and the kernel using it.
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Coldcard Hardware Wallet Flaw Linked to $70 Million Bitcoin Theft in 41 Minutes
A vulnerability in the Coldcard hardware wallet has been linked to a $70 million Bitcoin theft. The flaw was caused by a firmware integration error that routed seed generation to a deterministic software pseudorandom number generator instead of the STM32 hardware random n…
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New TrojPix Attack Leaks Data From Air-Gapped Systems via Video Cable Emissions
Researchers at Shandong University demonstrate a new covert channel that can leak data from air-gapped systems using video cable emissions.
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Unpatchable 'usbliter8' Exploit Breaks Apple A12 and A13 SecureROM Boot Chain
Security researchers have published a working exploit that allows arbitrary code execution inside the SecureROM of Apple's A12 and A13 chips, which are not affected by software updates.