vulnerability

Immutable Strings in Java – Are Your Secrets Still Safe?

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Java programmers might not be aware their secrets could be floating around in system memory long after it’s assumed those secrets have been removed. The problem is a combination of immutability and garbage collection in Java. Our most recent post explores the unpredictability of Java garbage collection and the implications that has for secrets in code. We developed a simple proof of concept designed to measured these “secret ghosts” and demonstrate how to avoid them.

Production Security, Not That Kind

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The Include Security team takes a foray into the world of audio production equipment in our latest blog post. We look under the hood of a professional-grade audio mixer to explore its security profile, consider how its functionality could be leveraged by an attacker in a real world setting, and develop a proof-of-concept exploit to demonstrate quick n’ easy privilege escalation.

Coverage Guided Fuzzing – Extending Instrumentation to Hunt Down Bugs Faster!

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In our latest blog post, we introduce coverage-guided fuzzing with a brief description of fundamentals and a demonstration of how modifying program instrumentation can be used to more easily track down the source of vulnerabilities and identify interesting fuzzing paths.

Working with vendors to “fix” unfixable vulnerabilities: Netgear BR200/BR500

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By Erik Cabetas In the summer of 2021 Joel St. John was hacking on some routers and printers on his IncludeSec research time. He reported security vulnerabilities to Netgear in their BR200 router line (branded as “Netgear Insight Managed Business Router”). During subsequent internal analysis by Netgear, they found that the BR500 line was also … Read more