Intel promises fix after researchers reveal ‘CacheOut’ CPU flaws

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2020 15:11:17 +0000

Forget the infamous Meltdown and Spectre chip flaws from 2018, the problem that’s tying down Intel’s patching team these days is a more recent class of side channel vulnerabilities known collectively as ZombieLoad.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/9wzLWKs_aWI” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Plundervolt – stealing secrets by starving your computer of voltage

Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2019 11:16:59 +0000

Turns out that if you drop your CPU voltage just enough, it makes mistakes that could let you sneak in where you shouldn’t.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/_fEjGFVk1pA” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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