#ITSecurityThreats

New ZenHammer memory attack impacts AMD Zen CPUs

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March 25, 2024 at 12:11PM ZenHammer is a variant of the Rowhammer DRAM attack specifically targeting AMD Zen CPUs and DDR4/DDR5 memory chips. Developed by researchers at ETH Zurich, it overcomes previous challenges for AMD chips and demonstrates successful bit flips in memory, posing a threat to data security and system privileges. Defenses involve software … Read more

Nearly 7K WordPress Sites Compromised by Balada Injector

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January 17, 2024 at 11:04AM Over 6,700 WordPress sites were infected with the Balada Injector malware through a vulnerable Popup Builder plug-in, exploiting a cross-site scripting vulnerability (CVE-2023-6000). This long-running campaign has compromised over 1 million WordPress sites. Security experts advise implementing integrity monitoring and conducting routine updates to mitigate these threats. Based on the … Read more