AFL++ v4.32c release - mostly minor bug fixes and improvements, LLVM 20 users should update! https://github.com/AFLplusplus/AFLplusplus/releases/tag/v4.32c #afl #fuzzing #fuzzing-tools #fuzzingtools
Interesting Git repos of the week:
Strategy:
* https://github.com/TalEliyahu/awesome-CISO-maturity-models - modelling your strategy
Detection:
* https://github.com/yevh/TaaC-AI - threat modelling as code
* https://github.com/thalesgroup-cert/Watcher - build your own threat hunting platform with Thales
* https://github.com/microsoft/msticpy - Microsoft's TI tooling
Exploitation:
* https://github.com/specfy/stack-analyser - what's in the stack?
Hardening:
* https://github.com/nistorj/ISR1000 - guestshell on the ISR1000
Don’t forget to patch your #forgejo tomorrow! (Security related)
https://floss.social/@forgejo/114433179035067022
I'm proud to announce that myself and @atipriyabajaj have created the Workshop on Software Understanding and Reverse Engineering (SURE), which will be co-located at CCS 2025. https://sure-workshop.org/
Please follow our workshop account @sureworkshop and RT it for visibility :).
Here's something counterintuitive to non-practitioners: curve P-521 is often less secure in practice than curve P-256.
The latter is more popular, and so better tested. The risk of implementation bugs dwarfs the risk of partial cryptanalysis of ECC, so picking P-521 optimizes for the wrong thing.
Intel's 386 processor (1985) moved the x86 architecture to 32 bits, but it needed to be backward compatible with earlier 16 and 8-bit processors. As a result, it needed complicated circuitry for its internal registers: six different circuits for 30 registers. Let's look at the silicon circuits. 1/N
Google is quietly testing ads in AI chatbots
Unsurprisingly, an advertising company is finding more places to run ads.
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/05/google-is-quietly-testing-ads-in-ai-chatbots/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
🔐 The SLB 9670VQ2.0 FW7.85 SPI TPM module sounds like something your cat would type mid-zoom call — but it's actually a serious piece of security hardware.
This TPM (Trusted Platform Module) chip is used in motherboards and SBCs to store crypto keys, generate true random numbers, and keep your hardware’s trust chain tight, even if the rest of your system isn’t Fort Knox. TPM 2.0 is even a requirement for modern OSes like Windows 11.
A BIG WELCOME to these 7 CVE Numbering Authority (#CNA) partners that joined the #CVE Program in April!!!
* CTOne
* Insyde Software
* Jaspersoft
* Sandisk
* Spotfire
* The Qt Company
* TP-Link
Join: https://www.cve.org/PartnerInformation/Partner#HowToBecomeAPartner
How to win my instant support as a customer:
"We have decided not to focus on generative AI features, and instead reinvest heavily in quality assurance for our core products through hiring, training, and process development."