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  1. Es gibt wohl mal wieder einen neuen #CPUBug in Prozessoren von #Intel - #CVE-2022-40982 aka INTEL-SA-00828 erlaubt es Daten anderer Nutzer auf dem selben System auszulesen. Betroffen sind CPUs zwischen #Skylake und #TigerLage. As usual gibt es für supportete CPUs einen neuen Microcode, der einen Workaround implementiert (und Performance kostet)

    downfall.page/
    intel.com/content/www/us/en/se

  2. During this year's #BlackHat conference, security researcher Daniel Moghimi is set to present "Downfall", a new speculative execution vulnerability found in Intel processors from 2014-2023.

    This new speculative execution vulnerability if exploited could allow attackers steal encryption keys & passwords.

    Intel noted that they haven't seen this vulnerability being exploited in the wild and that detection is difficult.

    Moghimi stated that exploiting was relatively easy, he goes on to say:

    When I discovered this vulnerability, it took me maybe a couple of weeks to come up with attacks that work. I was just a one-person researcher without any resources, you can imagine if you have a team of black hat hackers, you can probably do a lot more with it.
    While the flaw exists in hardware, Intel has provided microcode updates & the #Linux kernel maintainers have published mitigations for this flaw in today's kernel release.

    #infosec #cybersecurity #DOWNFALL #speculativeexecution #Intel #CPUBug

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    https://cyberscoop.com/downfall-intel-cpu-vulnerability/
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    https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-downfall-attacks-on-intel-cpus-steal-encryption-keys-data/