Security News

Microsoft movie tried to Azure Ignite attendees about CPU side-channel flaws, but biz wouldn't be drawn on details
2019-12-12 10:00

'Sir, they're about to disclose the vulns!' 'Damn it. Accelerate the rollout!' How does Microsoft mitigate the risk of speculative-execution bugs on its Azure platform? The US goliath is unwilling...

Modern Intel CPUs Plagued By Plundervolt Attack
2019-12-11 16:01

The Intel attack uses a similar technique that gamers commonly use to overclock their CPUs.

New PlunderVolt Attack Targets Intel SGX Enclaves by Tweaking CPU Voltage
2019-12-11 01:32

A team of cybersecurity researchers demonstrated a novel yet another technique to hijack Intel SGX, a hardware-isolated trusted space on modern Intel CPUs that encrypts extremely sensitive data to...

New ZombieLoad v2 Attack Affects Intel's Latest Cascade Lake CPUs
2019-11-13 15:48

Zombieload is back. This time a new variant (v2) of the data-leaking side-channel vulnerability also affects the most recent Intel CPUs, including the latest Cascade Lake, which are otherwise...

Newer Intel CPUs Vulnerable to Variant 2 of ZombieLoad Attack
2019-11-13 12:49

Researchers have disclosed a new variant of the attack method dubbed ZombieLoad, which appears to also impact Intel CPUs that are not affected by the first variant of ZombieLoad. read more

Intel CPUs Vulnerable to Sensitive Data Leakage in NetCAT Attack
2019-09-11 14:24

A new attack on Intel server-grade CPUs could allow the leakage of SSH passwords - but luckily it's not easy to exploit.

NetCAT: New Attack Lets Hackers Remotely Steal Data From Intel CPUs
2019-09-11 13:18

Unlike previous side-channel vulnerabilities disclosed in Intel CPUs, researchers have discovered a new flaw that can be exploited remotely over the network without requiring an attacker to have...

NetCAT Attack: Hackers Can Remotely Steal Data From Servers With Intel CPUs
2019-09-11 09:51

Researchers have discovered yet another side-channel attack method that can be exploited to steal potentially sensitive data from devices powered by Intel processors. read more

Millions of Devices With Intel CPUs Exposed to SWAPGS Attack
2019-08-07 10:02

Researchers have discovered yet another speculative execution vulnerability that can allow attackers to steal potentially sensitive information from devices with Intel processors. read more

SWAPGS Attack: A new Spectre haunts machines with Intel CPUs
2019-08-06 23:10

Bitdefender researchers have uncovered yet another viable speculative execution side-channel attack that can be leveraged against Intel CPUs and the computers running on them. The SWAPGS Attack,...