Search a title or topic

Over 20 million podcasts, powered by 

Player FM logo
Artwork

Content provided by AmCan Tech. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by AmCan Tech or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://staging.podcastplayer.com/legal.
Player FM - Podcast App
Go offline with the Player FM app!

SLAP and FLOP: Apple Silicon Speculative Execution Attacks

15:33
 
Share
 

Manage episode 472088985 series 3628532
Content provided by AmCan Tech. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by AmCan Tech or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://staging.podcastplayer.com/legal.
SLAP and FLOP are two new speculative execution attacks targeting Apple's M-series chips. SLAP exploits the Load Address Predictor (LAP) to leak data by predicting incorrect memory addresses, while FLOP leverages the Load Value Predictor (LVP) to predict incorrect data values. Both attacks allow unauthorized access to sensitive information from web browsers like Safari and Chrome, compromising data ranging from email content to financial details. Researchers demonstrated proof-of-concept attacks recovering data like browsing history and even book excerpts. Mitigation requires software patches from vendors and updated operating systems.
  continue reading

16 episodes

Artwork
iconShare
 
Manage episode 472088985 series 3628532
Content provided by AmCan Tech. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by AmCan Tech or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://staging.podcastplayer.com/legal.
SLAP and FLOP are two new speculative execution attacks targeting Apple's M-series chips. SLAP exploits the Load Address Predictor (LAP) to leak data by predicting incorrect memory addresses, while FLOP leverages the Load Value Predictor (LVP) to predict incorrect data values. Both attacks allow unauthorized access to sensitive information from web browsers like Safari and Chrome, compromising data ranging from email content to financial details. Researchers demonstrated proof-of-concept attacks recovering data like browsing history and even book excerpts. Mitigation requires software patches from vendors and updated operating systems.
  continue reading

16 episodes

All episodes

×
 
Loading …

Welcome to Player FM!

Player FM is scanning the web for high-quality podcasts for you to enjoy right now. It's the best podcast app and works on Android, iPhone, and the web. Signup to sync subscriptions across devices.

 

Listen to this show while you explore
Play