Tag: Spectre

  • Hacker News: Cross-Process Spectre Exploitation

    Source URL: https://grsecurity.net/cross_process_spectre_exploitation Source: Hacker News Title: Cross-Process Spectre Exploitation Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary**: This detailed text discusses a newly developed cross-process Spectre attack exploiting vulnerabilities in Intel processors, specifically involving the Indirect Branch Prediction Barrier (IBPB). The attack showcases how certain exploit methodologies can retain unauthorized data through microcode…

  • The Register: Spectre flaws continue to haunt Intel and AMD as researchers find fresh attack method

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/18/spectre_problems_continue_amd_intel/ Source: The Register Title: Spectre flaws continue to haunt Intel and AMD as researchers find fresh attack method Feedly Summary: The indirect branch predictor barrier is less of a barrier than hoped Six years after the Spectre transient execution processor design flaws were disclosed, efforts to patch the problem continue to fall…