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| | rdist.root.org
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| | Travis Goodspeed has continued finding flaws in TI microcontrollers, branching out from the MSP430 to ZigBee radio chipsets. A few days ago, he posted a flaw in the random number generator. Why is this important? Because the MSP430 and ZigBee are found in many wireless sensor systems, including most Smart Meters. Travis describes two flaws:...
| | www.thomas-huehn.com
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| | [AI summary] The article discusses the use of /dev/random and /dev/urandom in Linux systems for generating random numbers. It highlights that /dev/urandom is generally preferred over /dev/random due to its non-blocking nature and sufficient cryptographic security. The article also addresses misconceptions in the man pages and emphasizes that /dev/urandom is safe for most applications, including cryptographic uses, as long as the initial seeding is done properly. It mentions that while /dev/random is considered a legacy interface, it's not always necessary, and modern Linux distributions and syscalls like getrandom(2) provide better alternatives.
| | sergioprado.blog
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| | In this article, we will deep dive into the major concepts behind random numbers and learn how to work with them on a Linux system.
| | blog.infosectcbr.com.au
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| Dr Silvio Cesare@silviocesare Summary In this blog post I'll discuss how to exploit the Linux kernel via a stack smashing attack. I'll be attacking the latest kernel version. I'll also introduce a vulnerable device driver that I wrote so that I can focus on the exploitation development and not the vulnerability research. A number of...