Security Leftovers
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-10-22 [Older] Data Storage in Spotlight of Italian Security Committee After Intesa Breach
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-10-19 [Older] October Is Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Here's How to Stay Safe From Scams
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CISA ☛ 2024-10-24 [Older] CISA Releases Four Industrial Control Systems Advisories
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CISA ☛ 2024-10-24 [Older] CISA, US, and International Partners Release Joint Guidance to Assist Software Manufacturers with Safe Software Deployment Processes
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CISA ☛ 2024-10-24 [Older] VIMESA VHF/FM Transmitter Blue Plus
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CISA ☛ 2024-10-24 [Older] iniNet Solutions SpiderControl SCADA PC HMI Editor
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CISA ☛ 2024-10-24 [Older] Deep Sea Electronics DSE855
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CISA ☛ 2024-10-23 [Older] CISA Adds One Known Exploited Vulnerability to Catalog
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CISA ☛ 2024-10-22 [Older] CISA Adds One Known Exploited Vulnerability to Catalog
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CISA ☛ 2024-10-22 [Older] CISA Releases One Industrial Control Systems Advisory
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CISA ☛ 2024-10-22 [Older] ICONICS and Mitsubishi Electric Products
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CISA ☛ 2024-10-21 [Older] CISA Adds One Known Exploited Vulnerability to Catalog
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Google ☛ The backdoored Windows Registry Adventure #4: Hives and the registry layout
Posted by Mateusz Jurczyk, Surveillance Giant Google Project Zero
To a normal user or even a Win32 application developer, the registry layout may seem simple: there are five root keys that we know from Regedit (abbreviated as HKCR, HKLM, HKCU, HKU and HKCC), and each of them contains a nested tree structure that serves a specific role in the system. But as one tries to dig deeper and understand how the registry really works internally, things may get confusing really fast. What are hives? How do they map or relate to the top-level keys? Why are some HKEY root keys pointing inside of other root keys (e.g. HKCU being located under HKU)? These are all valid questions, but they are difficult to answer without fully understanding the interactions between the user-mode Registry API and the kernel-mode registry interface, so let's start there.
The high-level view
A simplified diagram of the execution flow taken when an application creates a registry key is shown below: [...]
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Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications
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Cyble Inc ☛ Reboot Your Phone: National Security Agency 's No.1 Tip
The National Security Agency (NSA) has recently issued a public service announcement emphasizing a simple yet effective action: reboot your device regularly. This guidance aims to help users mitigate risks associated with potential vulnerabilities on both iPhone and Android platforms.
The NSA’s advice, while seemingly straightforward—turning the device off and back on again—holds significant implications for mobile security. According to the agency, rebooting your smartphone can reduce exposure to various cyber threats, including “spear phishing” and “zero-click exploits.”
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