Items tagged with Project Zero
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Zak Killian - Wed, Mar 13, 2024
Maingear ZERO Legendary Boost Gaming PC: As Configured - $3,389 @ Maingear The culmination of over a decade of design, Maingear's ZERO moves critical connectors to the back of the motherboard, giving it the cleanest looks of any computer...
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Zak Killian - Tue, Jan 09, 2024
We've covered "back-connect" motherboards multiple times, most recently yesterday when Maingear was showing off its Maingear Zero lineup of systems with cleaner cable cable management than you'll find in just about any other system. That's...
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Zak Killian - Fri, Oct 27, 2023
It's a pain point for any system builder: you spend the time to coordinate parts that will look good together, and then you go to wire it all up and it doesn't matter because even with good cable management your aesthetic is still ruined...
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Zak Killian - Fri, Dec 17, 2021
If you're a technology enthusiast, you've probably heard of "one-click" malware. This is pretty scary stuff in its own right: one click of a carefully-crafted link in an e-mail or other text message, and you're infected. One-click malware...
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Paul Lilly - Sat, Apr 17, 2021
Companies like Microsoft and others are potentially getting more time to fix zero-day vulnerabilities before Google's Project Zero team discloses them to the public, as part of a new policy change for 2021. At the same time, end users can...
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Paul Lilly - Thu, Dec 24, 2020
The bug hunters that comprise Google's Project Zero team are getting a little fed up with companies that issue incomplete or otherwise incorrect patches for zero-day vulnerabilities they discover. Going into 2021, the team plans to...
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Paul Lilly - Tue, Dec 15, 2020
It seems Qualcomm is having a devil of a time fixing a security flaw related to its Adreno GPU driver code. It was brought to Qualcomm's attention by Google's Project Zero team, which sniffs out vulnerabilities and compels companies to...
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Nathan Ord - Sat, Oct 31, 2020
Google’s Project Zero team, which is tasked with discovering 0-day vulnerabilities, has uncovered an exploit in the Windows kernel that can lead to sandbox escape or privilege escalation. The bug, given CVE-2020-17087, is of the buffer...
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Paul Lilly - Wed, Aug 12, 2020
After being alerted to a "medium" security flaw in Windows 10 by Google's Project Zero team, Microsoft took a swing and a miss at fixing it through yesterday's cumulative Patch Tuesday roll out. As per Project Zero's policy, the...
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Paul Lilly - Wed, Jan 08, 2020
Through its Project Zero division, Google has tasked itself with motivating technology companies to push out timely patches for zero day vulnerabilities. It does this by giving companies 90 days to patch a security flaw before going public...
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Paul Lilly - Fri, Oct 04, 2019
A dangerous zero-day vulnerability affecting at least a dozen different Android phone models is being actively exploited in the wild, according to Google's Project Zero team. Attackers who leverage the security flaw are able to gain full...
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Brandon Hill - Fri, Sep 06, 2019
A week ago, Google disclosed findings from its Project Zero Threat Analysis Group, which discovered 14 vulnerability in iOS that were used across five exploit chains. According to Google, the exploits were used over a period of more than...
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Paul Lilly - Fri, Aug 30, 2019
A member of Google's Project Zero security team has written a lengthy blog post detailing a series of iOS exploit chains discovered in the wild. According to Project Zero's findings, a hacking group underwent a "sustained effort to hack...
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Paul Lilly - Thu, Jun 13, 2019
When it comes to disclosing vulnerabilities, the Project Zero team at Google generally sticks to a hard-and-fast deadline, giving companies 90 days to issue a patch before going public with its findings. There are some rare exceptions, but...
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Paul Lilly - Mon, Mar 04, 2019
Through its Project Zero team, Google has appointed itself a vanguard of software security and accountability. As such, every so often Project Zero publicizes a security flaw that has gone unpatched for at least 90 days, sometimes at the...
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Brandon Hill - Sat, May 05, 2018
Just when news of Spectre and Meltdown has seemingly died down, we're now hearing of a fresh round of exploits that might affect Intel processors. A total of 8 new vulnerabilities have been discovered and are being dubbed Spectre Next...
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Paul Lilly - Fri, Apr 20, 2018
Google's Project Zero team has discovered a 'medium' security vulnerability that primarily affects Windows 10 S, a stripped down version of Windows 10 that is "streamlined for security and superior performance." While it does not appear to...
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Paul Lilly - Tue, Feb 27, 2018
Google's Project Zero has been busy uncovering vulnerabilities in a wide range of products and services, most notably rooting out CPU flaws that became known as Spectre and Meltdown. While mitigations are still ongoing, Project Zero continues to look for security issues across the board. The...
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Paul Lilly - Mon, Feb 19, 2018
Google's Project Zero team has publicly disclosed a security vulnerability in Microsoft's Edge browser for Windows 10 after Microsoft failed to issue a patch in the allotted time. The Project Zero team alerted Microsoft of a bug relating...
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Brandon Hill - Thu, Jan 04, 2018
If you've been following the tech or security news for the past few days, then you no doubt know of a security vulnerability that reportedly affects all Intel processors. OS vendors have been working to mitigate the issue with kernel...
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Brandon Hill - Fri, Dec 08, 2017
Way back in the day -- dating back to just after the release of the first iPhone -- hackers chipped away at the security defenses in iOS to give users functionality that was lacking in the default software. This practice is known as...
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Paul Lilly - Thu, Apr 06, 2017
Practically everyone who owns a smartphone should be on the lookout for a patch. Both Google and Apple this week released software updates for Android and iOS, respectively, to address a vulnerability discovered in Wi-Fi chipsets developed...
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