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

The key benefit of Battering RAM is that it requires equipment that costs less than $50 to pull off. It also allows active decryption, meaning encrypted data can be both read and tampered with. In addition, it works against both SGX and SEV-SNP, as long as they work with DDR4 memory modules. Wiretap Wiretap, meanwhile,… Read More »

SGX, Intel’s supposedly impregnable data fortress, has been breached yet again

Enlarge (credit: Intel) Intel’s latest generation of CPUs contains a vulnerability that allows attackers to obtain encryption keys and other confidential information protected by the company’s software guard extensions, the advanced feature that acts as a digital vault for security users’ most sensitive secrets. Abbreviated as SGX, the protection is designed to provide a fortress… Read More »