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fromSecurityWeek
1 day ago

Battering RAM Attack Breaks Intel and AMD Security Tech With $50 Device

Battering RAM is a physical-access hardware attack using a low-cost interposer to bypass Intel SGX and AMD SEV-SNP memory protections.
fromArs Technica
2 days ago

Intel and AMD trusted enclaves, the backbone of network security, fall to physical attacks

In the age of cloud computing, protections baked into chips from Intel, AMD, and others are essential for ensuring confidential data and sensitive operations can't be viewed or manipulated by attackers who manage to compromise servers running inside a data center. In many cases, these protections-which work by storing certain data and processes inside encrypted enclaves known as TEEs ( Trusted Execution Enclaves)-are essential for safeguarding secrets stored in the cloud by the likes of Signal Messenger and WhatsApp.
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