Spook.js is a new side-channel attack on modern processors that can allow bypassing Site Isolation protections implemented in Google Chrome. Boffins devised a transient side-channel attack on modern processors, “Spook.js,” that can be abused by threat actors to bypass Site Isolation protections implemented in Google Chrome and Chromium browsers. The technique allows in some cases to steal sensitive […]
Red Hat is going to release updates that are reverting previous patches for the Spectre vulnerability (Variant 2, aka CVE-2017-5715). Just after the release of Spectre and Meltdown patches many experts argued a significative impact on performance and stability of systems running them. While Meltdown and Spectre Variant 1 could be theoretically being addressed by […]
Cisco is going to release security patches for Meltdown and Spectre attacks, the company is currently investigating its entire products portfolio. Cisco published a security advisory on the CPU Side-Channel information disclosure vulnerabilities that are exploited in the Spectre and Meltdown attacks and announced it is going to release security updates to protect its customers. Switchzilla announced it […]