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TONTOU: MIT Attack that Steals Linux Root Password in 5 Attempts Exploiting a Nanosecond Hole in Intel and AMD
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There are defenses in modern processors that are activated before the chip makes a speculative prediction, and defenses that are activated afterwards. The problem, discovered by MIT researchers, is that the two things cannot happen at the same time. That small gap — nanoseconds — is enough to contaminate the prediction system... Continue reading »The TONTOU news: the MIT attack that steals the Linux root password in 5 attempts exploiting a nanos…
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