Director of Intel discloses that Iranian government-affiliated groups finance and provoke anti-Israel demonstrations in the United States.

The Director of National Intelligence, Avril Haines, has issued a warning about Iranian actors funding and fueling anti-Israel protests on US soil. Haines mentioned that Iran is increasing its aggressive foreign influence efforts by stoking discord and undermining trust in democratic institutions. Recent observations have shown Iranian government actors posing as activists online and providing … Read more

New Intel CPU Vulnerability ‘Indirector’ Discloses Sensitive Information

New Intel CPU Vulnerability ‘Indirector’ Discloses Sensitive Information

In recent news, security researchers have discovered a new vulnerability in modern Intel CPUs, including Raptor Lake and Alder Lake, that could allow attackers to leak sensitive information from the processors. The attack, known as “Director” and identified by researchers Luyi Li, Hosein Yavarzadeh, and Dean Tullsen, exploits weaknesses in the Indirect Branch Predictor (IBP) … Read more

VMWare discloses critical VCD Appliance auth bypass with no patch

VMWare discloses critical VCD Appliance auth bypass with no patch

VMware disclosed a critical and unpatched authentication bypass vulnerability affecting Cloud Director appliance deployments. Cloud Director enables VMware admins to manage their organizations’ cloud services as part of Virtual Data Centers (VDC). The auth bypass security flaw only affects appliances running VCD Appliance 10.5 that were previously upgraded from an older release. The company also added … Read more