Somehow I missed it, but I just noticed that Chrome finally caught up with Edge to have a option to disable JIT.
If you care about security, which I suspect a good number of you do, you probably want to make this change in your settings.
https://www.cdbackslash.com/?p=221
@stealthmusic
Here's an example write-up that talks about how JIT is useful in the vulnerability exploitation process.
https://github.blog/security/vulnerability-research/getting-rce-in-chrome-with-incorrect-side-effect-in-the-jit-compiler/
We Patched CVE-2024-38030, Found Another Windows Themes Spoofing Vulnerability (0day) https://blog.0patch.com/2024/10/we-patched-cve-2024-38030-found-another.html
@pspaul just released a great writeup of the pacparser bug we found a few years back. The Zscaler VPN client, running as root, would inject the destination hostname in a JavaScript snippet and execute it with a very old version of SpiderMonkey. Paul transformed it in a CTF challenge for hack.lu and found the perfect vm bug to get RCE
https://blog.pspaul.de/posts/ancient-monkey-pwning-a-17-year-old-version-of-spidermonkey/
The removal of Russian linux maintainers working for sanctioned companies is a prime example of how one creates collective trauma by not being careful on how to convey the message proper.
The messaging were terrible, yes, a lot of people understood immediately why it happened, no, you can't look at it rationally and say "people will know". Your own collective trauma stood in the way.
Some people lost trust, others feel deeply betrayed, not due to the step itself, but by the way it was done.
Microsoft On the Issues: Google’s Shadow Campaigns
In a pot calling the kettle black moment, Microsoft is accusing Google of antitrust practices such as creating an astroturf lobbying organization. Since the author is a Corporate Vice President (CVP), Deputy General Counsel at Microsoft, there's some weight behind such an accusation on Microsoft's public blog. As a consumer with no skin in the game, this is a grab-the-popcorn moment. Let them fight.
Serious question. Can anyone tell me how we are safer / better for the cookie warning clicking I have to do on the internet? Advertisers still own your browsing habits and the world expends a collective bazillion hours a week on a needless friction.
Give Me the Green Light Part 1: Hacking Traffic Control Systems https://www.redthreatsec.com/blog/greenlightspart1