New SLAM attack steals sensitive data from AMD, future Intel CPUs
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