New ZenHammer memory attack impacts AMD Zen CPUs
March 25, 2024 at 12:11PM ZenHammer is a variant of the Rowhammer DRAM attack specifically targeting AMD Zen CPUs and DDR4/DDR5 memory chips. Developed by researchers at ETH Zurich, it overcomes previous challenges for AMD chips and demonstrates successful bit flips in memory, posing a threat to data security and system privileges. Defenses involve software … Read more