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New Spectre v2 attack variant leaks Linux root password hash in minutes #884015 1 hour ago
Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 678,977 Los Angeles, USA Webmaster Launch Director
Webmaster Launch Director Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 678,977 Los Angeles, USA	New Spectre v2 attack variant leaks Linux root password hash in minutes A new Branch Target Reuse (BTR) attack has been devised that can recover root password hashes on Intel computers running Linux in 3-5 minutes on average. [...] https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-spectre-v2-attack-variant-leaks-linux-root-password-hash-in-minutes/