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New ‘CacheOut’ Attack Leaks Data from Intel CPUs, VMs and SGX Enclave

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Another month, another speculative execution vulnerability found in Intel processors.

If your computer is running any modern Intel CPU built before October 2018, it’s likely vulnerable to a newly discovered hardware issue that could allow attackers to… Continue reading New ‘CacheOut’ Attack Leaks Data from Intel CPUs, VMs and SGX Enclave→

SWAPGS Attack — New Speculative Execution Flaw Affects All Modern Intel CPUs

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A new variant of the Spectre (Variant 1) side-channel vulnerability has been discovered that affects all modern Intel CPUs, and probably some AMD processors as well, which leverage speculative execution for high performance, Microsoft and Red Hat warne… Continue reading SWAPGS Attack — New Speculative Execution Flaw Affects All Modern Intel CPUs→