Poor Rowhammer Fixes On DDR4 DRAM Chips Re-Enable Bit Flipping Attacks

Remember rowhammer vulnerability? A critical issue affecting modern DRAM (dynamic random access memory) chips that could allow attackers to obtain higher kernel privileges on a targeted system by repeatedly accessing memory cells and induce bit flips.
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RAMpage Attack Explained—Exploiting RowHammer On Android Again!

A team of security researchers has discovered a new set of techniques that could allow hackers to bypass all kind of present mitigations put in place to prevent DMA-based Rowhammer attacks against Android devices.

Dubbed RAMpage, the new technique (CV… Continue reading RAMpage Attack Explained—Exploiting RowHammer On Android Again!

Nethammer—Exploiting DRAM Rowhammer Bug Through Network Requests

Last week, we reported about the first network-based remote Rowhammer attack, dubbed Throwhammer, which involves the exploitation a known vulnerability in DRAM through network cards using remote direct memory access (RDMA) channels.

However, a separat… Continue reading Nethammer—Exploiting DRAM Rowhammer Bug Through Network Requests

New Rowhammer Attack Can Hijack Computers Remotely Over the Network

Exploitation of Rowhammer attack just got easier.

Dubbed ‘Throwhammer,’ the newly discovered technique could allow attackers to launch Rowhammer attack on the targeted systems just by sending specially crafted packets to the vulnerable network cards o… Continue reading New Rowhammer Attack Can Hijack Computers Remotely Over the Network

GLitch: New ‘Rowhammer’ Attack Can Remotely Hijack Android Phones

For the very first time, security researchers have discovered an effective way to exploit a four-year-old hacking technique called Rowhammer to hijack an Android phone remotely.

Dubbed GLitch, the proof-of-concept technique is a new addition to the Ro… Continue reading GLitch: New ‘Rowhammer’ Attack Can Remotely Hijack Android Phones