July 1, 2024 at 01:40PM New BTI attack called Indirector targets modern Intel CPUs, specifically Raptor Lake and Alder Lake generations. It exploits flaws in Indirect Branch Predictor and Branch Target Buffer to manipulate speculative execution, enabling data extraction. Researchers at UC San Diego discovered and presented the attack, proposing mitigations like IBPB and BPU … Read more
June 20, 2024 at 05:10PM A critical vulnerability, CVE-2024-0762 “UEFIcanhazbufferoverflow,” affecting Intel processors has been detailed by Eclypsium researchers. The flaw in UEFI firmware may allow attackers to gain unauthorized access and execute malicious code. The widespread impact on various PC models running SecureCore firmware adds complexity to patching efforts, leaving organizations vulnerable until fixes … Read more
November 9, 2023 at 05:28PM A lawsuit has been filed against Intel by PC buyers who claim the company failed to address faulty chip instructions that led to the Downfall vulnerability. The lawsuit alleges that Intel knew about the susceptibility of its AVX instruction set to side-channel attacks in 2018 but only fixed the defect … Read more