December 9, 2023 at 07:12AM Researchers from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam disclosed a new side-channel attack called SLAM, exploiting a feature in Intel, AMD, and Arm CPUs. The exploit, an end-to-end Spectre-based attack, allows leakage of sensitive data from kernel memory. Intel, AMD, and Arm are working on mitigations, while existing and future CPUs are affected. … Read more
December 7, 2023 at 07:48AM Upcoming CPUs from Intel, AMD, and Arm may be susceptible to a new type of ‘SLAM’ attack despite planned security enhancements, researchers warn. Key Takeaways from Meeting: – Major CPU vendors, which include Intel, AMD, and Arm, are planning to integrate new security features into their future products. – There … Read more
December 6, 2023 at 07:57PM Researchers at VUSec discovered “SLAM,” a side-channel attack exploiting memory features in future CPUs from Intel, AMD, and Arm, to leak sensitive information like root password hashes. Despite the intended security improvements, these features inadvertently enable SLAM by not checking address canonicality, creating micro-architectural race conditions. Existing defenses are deemed … Read more