Topic: Christopher Tarnovsky

Security chip used in millions of PCs hacked; criminals can crack encryption with new attack Deep inside millions of computers is a digital Fort Knox, a special chip with the locks to highly guarded secrets, including classified government reports and confidential business ...
New attack shows hole in chip that protects classified data in PCs CRACKING THE UNCRACKABLE:A former U.S. Army computer-security specialist has found a way to break into a type of chip that protects the most important secrets inside many personal ...
Christopher Tarnovsky, a researcher at Flylogic Engineering, claims he has hacked an Infineon SLE 66 CL PC processor that is used to protect computers, smartcards and even Microsoft's Xbox 360 gaming system.. The article quotes Tarnovsky as saying: Tarnovsky says he ...

High-Security Chip Cracked

Christopher Tarnovsky, who operates the California-based consulting firm Flylogic Engineering, must strike dread into the heart of anyone working on secure computer chips.. At the Black Hat DC, a computer-security conference in Washington, DC, Tarnovsky gave an impressive demonstration of how even ...

Hacker says News Corp hired him

Corporate espionage is alive and well. That's according to one hacker who has testified that he was hired by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp to develop pirating software, but denied claims that he was also tasked with penetrating a rival's ...
News Corp. employed a top hacker to develop pirating software, a court has heard. Media network Dish is suing News Corp. for $900 million in lost revenue and system-repair costs resulting from pirated smart cards.. Tarnovsky admitted to the court that he ...

Hardware Insecurity

Today at the computer security conference Black Hat 2008, in Washington, DC, several impressive displays made clear that embedded systems, such as those used for keyless entry to cars or garage-door openers, could be an important security battleground in coming years. Instead ...