children of spectre

[Stephen Partington]

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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Stephen
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