Collaborate Disseminate
An interesting finding in fields like computer science is that much of what is advertised as new and innovative was actually pilfered from old research papers submitted to ACM and …read more Continue reading AMD Returns to 1996 With Zen 5’s Two-Block Ahead Branch Predictor
This week we’ve seen a tsunami of news stories about a vulnerability in Intel processors. We’re certain that by now you’ve heard of (and are maybe tired of hearing about) Meltdown and Spectre. However, as a Hackaday reader, you are likely the person who others turn to when they need to get the gist of news like this. Since this has bubbled up in watered-down versions to the highest levels of mass media, let’s take a look at what Meltdown and Spectre are, and also see what’s happening in the other two rings of this three-ring circus.
Researchers at Endgame are expected at Black Hat to introduce Hardware Assisted Control Flow Integrity (HA-CFI), which leverages features in the micro-architecture of Intel processors for security. Continue reading New Technique Checks Mitigation Bypasses Earlier
