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VED 2026: after CFI - data only
after CFI - data only The exploitation techniques and mitigation has been evolving rapidly since the paper “Smash the Stack for Fun and Profit” released in Phrack Issue 49.
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Supermicro x11ssh-F OpenBMC Porting (WIP)
Supermicro x11ssh-F OpenBMC Porting (WIP) Introduction to BMC and OpenBMC BMC, short for Baseboard Management Controller, is a specialized microcontroller embedded in certain computers, typically servers.
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Key management of OpenPGP Card
Key management of OpenPGP Card Background As blank smartcards supporting Java Card 3.
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Protect the Watcher: Hardened SIEM/XDR server with VED
Background Modern cybersecurity operation centers significantly depend on two key elements: agent-based security solutions operating on desktops, laptops, and server operating systems, and a threat analysis system, often referred to as a Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) system or eXtended Detection and Response (XDR).
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Vault Range - The Measure and Resilience of Weaponized Exploit Methods for Linux
Disclaimer VED (Vault Exploit Defense) test image contains only the VED kernel module, and does not contain any security baselines, access control policies and situational hardening solution.
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+PROTECTING LINUX AT KERNEL LEVEL WHY AND HOW
Introduction We designed Vault Exploits Defense (VED) as a foundation security layer for various flavors of Linux operating system.
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Memory corruption in JCRE: An unpatchable HSM may swallow your private key
Background The key has always been a core target of security protection.
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Avoiding Single-Point-of-Failure and securing the Root Infrastructure: TCG TPM 2.0
What is TCG TPM 2.0? Trusted Computing Group (TCG) Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 2.
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Demystifiying SMPC (Secure multi-party computation) and its threat model
Prologue SMPC is an interesting topic, whose the applications include systematic security and cryptographic engineering, and this article will discuss its principles, threat models and use-case.
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The exploit recon 'msg_msg' and its mitigation in VED
Why msg_msg? The size of structure is control by userspace Firstly, the length of the msg_msg struct can be indirectly controlled from userspace, which means that msg can overlap the cache of the specified types.
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