ETH Zurich researchers discover new security vulnerability in Intel processors
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Computer scientists at ETH Zurich discover new class of vulnerabilities in Intel processors, allowing them to break down barriers between different users of a processor using carefully crafted instruction sequences. Entire processor memory can be read by employing quick, repeated attacks.
  • The new class of vulnerabilities in Intel processors arises from speculative technologies that anticipate individual computing steps.
  • Openings enable gradual reading of entire privilege memory contents of shared processor (CPU).
  • All Intel processors from the last 6 years are affected, from PCs to servers in data centres.
  • Cocodapuf@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    8 hours ago

    This sounds just like Spectre/heartbleed. Haven’t we learned our lesson with speculative computation? I guess not…

    Well you know what they say, if it was a bad idea 10 fucking years ago, then let’s do it again!