Abusing Samsung KNOX to remotely install a malicious application: story of a half patched vulnerability

UPDATE: A way to patch the vulnerability is provided at the end of the article. We explain a vulnerability found when the Samsung Galaxy S5 was released and patched recently by Samsung. It allows a remote attacker to install an arbitrary application by using an unsecure update mechanism implemented in the UniversalMDMClient application related to the Samsung KNOX security solution. The vulnerability has been patched on the Samsung Galaxy S5 but also Note 4 and Alpha. Yet the Samsung Galaxy S4, S4 mini, Note3 and Ace 4 (and possibly others) are still vulnerable.

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Stages et alternances 2014-2015

Quarkslab propose plusieurs stages, certains sujets pouvant aussi être aussi traités sous forme d'alternance. Ca touche à des tonnes de domaines : recherche de vuln, analyse de code, crypto, compilation, reconnaissance réseau, malware et réponse à incidents. Bref, il y en a pour tous les goûts.

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USB Fuzzing Basics: From fuzzing to bug reporting

We recently begun to search bugs in USB host stacks using one of our tool based on the Facedancer. This article first presents our fuzzing approach followed by a practical example of a bug in Windows 8.1 x64 full-updated. The goal of this article is not to redefine state-of-the-art USB fuzzing, nor to give a full description of our fuzzing architecture, but rather to narrate a scenario which starts from fuzzing and ends up with a bug report.

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