đź”´ August 9's Top Cyber News NOW! - Ep 426
Daily Cyber Threat Brief
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Google's New CPU Attack to Exploit a Side Channel Vulnerability Dubbed Downfall
Google researcher Daniel Mogami has devised a new CPU attack to exploit a side channel vulnerability dubbed downfall that affects multiple Intel microprocessor families. Mogami was able to exploit the flaw to steal cryptographic keys and other sensitive info protected by Intel's hardware based memory encryption mechanism called software guard extensions or SGX. Downfall attacks require an attacker to be on the same physical processor core as the victim. However, locally installed malware could also potentially exploit the flaw.
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