[New post] SSD Over Provisioning Abused to Bypass Security

PravinKarthik posted: " Korean researchers discovered a vulnerability in SSD that enables malware to infect an SSD's empty over-provisioning partition directly. This enables the malware to be practically impervious to security defenses. Over-provisioning is a function pr" New post on TheCyberThrone SSD Over Provisioning Abused to Bypass Security by PravinKarthik Korean researchers discovered a vulnerability in SSD that enables malware to infect an SSD's empty over-provisioning partition directly. This enables the malware to be practically impervious to security defenses. Over-provisioning is a function present in all current SSDs that extends the SSD's built-in NAND storage's life and performance. Provisioning excessively in essentially empty storage space. […] Read more of this post PravinKarthik | December 31, 2021 at 8:20 pm | Tags: Hardware Security, Malware, Security Threat, SSD Over-Provision | Categories: Security | URL: https://wp.me/pbHFj3-1E4 Comment    See all comments Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from TheCyberThrone. Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: https://thecyberthrone.in/2021/12/31/ssd-over-provisioning-abused-to-bypass-security/