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DarkSword Malware
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Strategy· 1 min read

DarkSword Malware

DarkSword is a sophisticated, likely government-designed iOS malware exploiting six zero-day vulnerabilities across iOS versions 18.4-18.7, deployed by multiple commercial surveillance vendors and state-sponsored actors since November 2025. The exploit chain has been used in targeted campaigns across Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Malaysia, and Ukraine, deploying three distinct malware families post-compro

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Utopia Tech·May 6, 2026
Rowhammer Attack Against NVIDIA ChipsAI
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Rowhammer Attack Against NVIDIA Chips

Two independent research teams have demonstrated critical Rowhammer attacks against NVIDIA Ampere-generation GPUs that exploit GDDR memory bitflips to gain complete control over host CPU memory and achieve full system compromise. The attacks, named GDDRHammer and GeForge, work by corrupting GPU page tables to escalate privileges to root access, with a third attack variant functioning even when IOM

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Enforcing trust and transparency: Open-sourcing the Azure Integrated HSMAI
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Enforcing trust and transparency: Open-sourcing the Azure Integrated HSM

Microsoft is open-sourcing its Azure Integrated HSM, a FIPS 140-3 Level 3 certified hardware security module built into every new Azure server, to enhance transparency and trust in cloud cryptographic operations. The firmware, driver, and software stack will be released through the Open Compute Project, enabling independent validation by customers, partners, and regulators. This server-local appro

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