31 Mar 2010

Microsoft has released out-of-band updates to address critical vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer.

Microsoft has released updates for multiple vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer, including the vulnerability detailed in Microsoft Security Advisory (981374). By convincing a user to view a specially crafted HTML document or Microsoft Office document, an attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user. Microsoft has released updates to address […]

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29 Mar 2010

Can you trust your NIC?

A very interesting article on exploiting NIC for running arbitrary code (hacking). Presentation entitled “Can you still trust your network card?”. Explains how an attacker could be able to exploit a flaw to run arbitrary code inside some network controllers (NICs). The attack uses routable packets delivered to the victim’s NIC. Consequently, multiple attacks can […]

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