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EternalBlue [5] is a computer exploit software developed by the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA). [6] It is based on a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows that allowed users to gain access to any number of computers connected to a network.
Among successful exploits were when Charlie Miller hacked Safari 4 on Mac OS X. [33] Nils hacked Firefox 3.6 on Windows 7 64-bit [33] by using a memory corruption vulnerability and bypassing ASLR and DEP, after which Mozilla patched the security flaw in Firefox 3.6.3. [73]
First reported in May 2019, it is present in all unpatched Windows NT-based versions of Microsoft Windows from Windows 2000 through Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7. Microsoft issued a security patch (including an out-of-band update for several versions of Windows that have reached their end-of-life, such as Windows XP ) on 14 May 2019.
Heartbleed was registered in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures database as CVE-2014-0160. [7] The federal Canadian Cyber Incident Response Centre issued a security bulletin advising system administrators about the bug. [9] A fixed version of OpenSSL was released on 7 April 2014, on the same day Heartbleed was publicly disclosed. [10]
Support for Windows 8 and Windows 8 Pro (64-bit only) Boot Camp support for Macs with a 3 TB hard drive; Drops support for 32-bit Windows 7; Currently only available in OS X Mountain Lion version 10.8.3 and later; 5.1 February 11, 2014 Support for Windows 8.1 and Windows 8.1 Pro (64-bit only) 5.1.2 October 16, 2014 6.0 August 13, 2015
Blue Pill originally required AMD-V (Pacifica) virtualization support, but was later ported to support Intel VT-x (Vanderpool) as well. It was designed by Joanna Rutkowska and originally demonstrated at the Black Hat Briefings on August 3, 2006, with a reference implementation for the Microsoft Windows Vista kernel.
Many 16-bit Windows legacy programs can run without changes on newer 32-bit editions of Windows. The reason designers made this possible was to allow software developers time to remedy their software during the industry transition from Windows 3.1 to Windows 95 and later, without restricting the ability for the operating system to be upgraded to a current version before all programs used by a ...
BlueBorne is a type of security vulnerability with Bluetooth implementations in Android, iOS, Linux and Windows. [1] [2] [3] It affects many electronic devices such as laptops, smart cars, smartphones and wearable gadgets. One example is CVE-2017-14315. The vulnerabilities were first reported by Armis, the asset intelligence cybersecurity ...