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2024-08-28 Post a Comment

Windows Downdate tool lets you ‘unpatch’ Windows systems

By Sergiu Gatlan SafeBreach security researcher Alon Leviev has released hisÂ Windows DowndateÂ tool, which can be used for downgrade attacks that reintroduce old vulnerabilities in up-to-date Windows 10, Windows 11, and Windows Server systems. In such attacks, threat actors force up-to-date targeted devices to revert to older software versions, thus reintroducing security vulnerabilities that can be exploited to compromise the system. Windows Downdate is available as an open-source Python-based program and […]

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2024-08-28 Post a Comment

RFID cards could turn into a global security mess after discovery of hardware backdoor

Poking at bad encryption practices to discover some outrageous, unexpectedÂ issues ByÂ Alfonso MarucciaÂ August 26, 2024 at 3:16 PM WTF?!Â Chinese-made chips used in popular contactless cards contain hardware backdoors that are easy to exploit. These chips are compatible with the proprietary Mifare protocol developed by Philips spin-off NXP Semiconductors and are inherently “intrinsically broken,” regardless of the card’s brand. Security researchers at Quarkslab have discovered a backdoor in millions of RFID cards […]

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2024-03-14 Post a Comment

PixPirate Android malware uses new tactic to hide on phones

By Bill Toulas: The latest version of the PixPirate banking trojan for Android employs a new method to hide on phones while remaining active, even if its dropper app has been removed. PixPirate is a new Android malware first documented by the Cleafy TIR team last month seen targeting Latin American banks. Though Cleafy noted that a separate downloader app launches the malware, the report didn’t delve into its innovative […]