children of spectre

Herminio Hernandez, Jr. herminio.hernandezjr at gmail.com
Thu May 3 11:43:29 MST 2018


These on AMD chips as well?

On Thu, May 3, 2018 at 11:38 AM, der.hans <PLUGd at lufthans.com> wrote:

> Am 03. May, 2018 schwätzte Herminio Hernandez, Jr. so:
>
> moin moin,
>
> Just when you thought it could not get any worst... so when will we be
>> moving to RISC??
>>
>
> We're already on risky :).
>
> I expect we will continue having new vulns discovered for at least the
> next couple years.
>
> ciao,
>
> der.hans
>
>
> On Thu, May 3, 2018 at 9:12 AM, Stephen Partington <cryptworks at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> struth....
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, May 3, 2018 at 9:11 AM, der.hans <PLUGd at lufthans.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> moin moin,
>>>>
>>>> 8 new intel flaws set for announcement.
>>>>
>>>> https://www.heise.de/ct/artikel/Exclusive-Spectre-NG-Multipl
>>>> e-new-Intel-CPU-flaws-revealed-several-serious-4040648.html
>>>>
>>>> At least one of the kids appears to be much worse than spectre.
>>>>
>>>> "an attacker could launch exploit code in a virtual machine (VM) and
>>>> attack the host system from there – the server of a cloud hoster, for
>>>> example. Alternatively, it could attack the VMs of other customers
>>>> running
>>>> on the same server."
>>>>
>>>> "Intel's Software Guard Extensions (SGX), which are designed to protect
>>>> sensitive data on cloud servers, are also not Spectre-safe."
>>>>
>>>> ciao,
>>>>
>>>> der.hans
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