Jether Blaise continues his coverage of the War in Cyraq (WIC) with his coverage of the latest flaw in the Intel X86-64 processor hardware that allows for sensitive kernel memory to be read by ordinary user programs! He also looks at an emerging attack vector for Hard Disk Drives that leverage precisely tailored sound frequencies to DDoS the drive. Its crazy in cyber space!
Here are some links to relevant information below:
Main Articles on the Intel CPU Flaw:
https://thehackernews.com/2018/01/int...
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/...
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/01/...
Articles about Sonic Attacks on Hard Disk Drives:
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archive...
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news...
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