Cache poisoning from rfc6455 (WebSockets) not requiring server message to be masked?

In RFC6455 section 10.3, it explains why they have made clients mask their outgoing frames (so that a malicious server cannot manipulate a client into sending something in plaintext, as the message could be a HTTP request which could be us… Continue reading Cache poisoning from rfc6455 (WebSockets) not requiring server message to be masked?

Data Security: Defending Against the Cache Poisoning Vulnerability

Do you trust your cache? To meet the demands of the end-users and speed up content delivery, content caching by web servers and content delivery networks (CDN) has become a vital part of the modern web. To explain how this can create vulnerabilities when it comes to data security requires first asking another question. Namely, […]

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New AMD Processor Bug Breaks Encryption

AMD CPUs have yet another flaw: Researchers say they can steal private AES keys, leak kernel memory, set up covert cloud channels, and do other dirty, dark deeds.
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Sushi Roll Helps Inspect Your CPU Internals

[Gamozolabs’] post about Sushi Roll — a research kernel for monitoring Intel CPU internals — is pretty long. While we were disappointed at the end that the kernel’s source is not exactly available due to “sensitive features”, we were so impressed with the description of the modern x86 architecture and …read more

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