Security News > 2024 > March > New "GoFetch" Vulnerability in Apple M-Series Chips Leaks Secret Encryption Keys
2024-03-25 09:02
A new security shortcoming discovered in Apple M-series chips could be exploited to extract secret keys used during cryptographic operations. Dubbed GoFetch, the vulnerability relates to a microarchitectural side-channel attack that takes advantage of a feature known as data memory-dependent prefetcher (DMP) to target constant-time cryptographic implementations and capture sensitive data
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