Bleeping Computer

Linux Flaw allows Root Shell During Boot-Up for LUKS Disk-Encrypted Systems

For his part, Marco says he proposed a fix that halts the boot execution and prevents the repeated password guesses. He also recommends that Cryptsetup developers remove the problematic functionality, ...
Ars Technica

So, what's the best way to crack the root password on my "new" old BSD box.

I just picked up an old Pentium Pro system running BSD 4.0.<BR><BR>http://episteme.arstechnica.com/eve/forums?a=tpc&s=50009562&f=34709834&m=2710933165<BR><BR>I have ...
Gizmochina

How to root Xiaomi Mi A3 using patched boot image and Magisk

Xiaomi Mi A3 is a mid-range smartphone with Qualcomm Snapdragon 665 SoC packing an 11 nm Octa-core Kryo 260 CPU at 2.0GHz of clock speed. The Adreno 610 GPU is sufficient to handle the ...
Ars Technica

Fixing VFS kernel panic on boot

My 2.4.24 kernel gave warnings on boot about EXT3, what they meant were that I'd compiled EXT3 as a module but (you guessed it) my filesystem was EXT3. Having a bit of free time I decided to fix it by ...
EDN

Using a Flash‐Based FPGA as the Root of Trust in Embedded Secure Boot Applications

Booting from known trusted code is a prerequisite for the secure operation of embedded systems. If the initial hardware and boot code can be trusted, then this trust can be extended to code loaded and ...