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New TONTOU CPU attack bypasses Spectre v2 fixes, leaks Linux password hashes #831412 Yesterday at 06:03 PM
Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 678,976 Los Angeles, USA Webmaster OP Launch Director
OP Webmaster Launch Director Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 678,976 Los Angeles, USA	New TONTOU CPU attack bypasses Spectre v2 fixes, leaks Linux password hashes Researchers found a way to bypass recent mitigations for Spectre v2 speculative execution side-channel attacks and developed an exploit to leak secrets from Linux machines. [...] https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-tontou-cpu-attack-bypasses-spectre-v2-fixes-leaks-linux-password-hashes/