The physical components of an IT system.
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Is bugged CPU mean “gameover” for whole Computer? [on hold]
I'm looking for answer on such question.
Imagine that CPU bugged on the factory simply like Blue Pill, but for the network's interconnections.
How exactly firewall of OS could protect station ...
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How safe are CD's for Air Gapped computers?
It is often suggested, for air-gapped PC's, to use CD/DVD's as a transfer medium between machines instead of USB sticks or portable hard-drives as it is difficult to write data to a CD/DVD without the ...
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What can be done to bridge the Air Gap, except autorun?
What can be done to bridge the Air Gap, except autorun?
Is there any hardware butterflies that can attack physically isolated Unix/Linux machine in common usb drives, like VSC (Vendor Specific ...
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USB to Firewire converter is a security issue?
So:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_1394#Security_issues
FireWire has security issues. But what happens if there isn't any FireWire ports on the given machine, and ex.: the Operating system ...
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Are Yubi Keys secure “out of the box” when purchased for use with Yubi Cloud?
The YubiKey personalization tool allows someone to configure a YubiKey for HOTP, challenge response, and a variety of other authentication formats.
YubiKey offers a number of personalization tools ...
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Possible to use a YubiKey in HSM mode to secure a Windows CA infrastructure?
I'm looking for a low-cost Hardware Security module, and discovered that YubiKey has a HSM mode.
I'm not entirely clear if this HSM mode is what I'm thinking, but I'd like to use it as the offline ...
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Strategies against jamming attacks?
We have some devices which are designed to use standard frequencies/protocols, such as GSM, CDMA, GPS, Wifi and Bluetooth, among others. While our focus is not thought to be used for high-profile ...
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Can hardware firewalls be infected?
If a computer is directly connected to the internet, it is vulnerable to attacks.
So we attach a hardware firewall between the computer and the internet. But doesn't this new setup mean that now our ...
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backdoors in hardware (ie. intel/amd cpu) possible? [closed]
There are several reports about hardware based attacks on IT-security as for instance those here:
http://wccftech.com/intel-possibly-amd-chips-permanent-backdoors-planted-nsa/
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How can this web page access the USB? [closed]
A friend bought a "smart" headset (working with voice commands). I had to install a software on Windows to be able to configure this headset.
After downloading the software from the page, this page ...
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Disabling built-in Wi-Fi adapter and protecting Wi-Fi's MAC address on a laptop
I have an XP laptop with Wi-Fi issues - it connects / disconnects intermittently. Anyway, I bought a USB Wi-Fi that works well.
My security question are:
Is there a way to completely disable the ...
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How secure is windows 8 “reset your PC”?
Windows 8 has a feature to "reset your PC" so that if someone needs to give his computer away, the recipient won't be able to recover data.
How reliable is it?
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Are there implementations of password hashing algorithms for major frameworks that utilizes specialized hardware like GPUs/FPGAs?
It is common knowledge that password cracking attempts can greatly benefit from specialized hardware such as large clusters of GPUs or FPGAs.
Are there any implementations of the commonly recommended ...
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Does a commercially available self destructing HDD (set in BIOS) exist?
Does a self destructing HDD (physically destruction) that will destroy after a certain time exist, or when I use some software to initiate its self-destruction?
I guess it need to be set in BIOS or ...
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What method of secure erase is sufficient for MacBook Pro SSD Drives? [duplicate]
I would like to securely erase the hard drive of a SSD in a MacBook Pro. The Disk Utility does not give me the option to wipe this drive even when I boot into the System Partition. (it is greyed ...
