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The row hammer attack convinced me of that. It feels like nothing is hardened at the very low levels that get hit by truly dedicated attacks. (https://en.wiki
by Bartweiss 10y ago
The row hammer attack convinced me of that. It feels like nothing is hardened at the very low levels that get hit by truly dedicated attacks.
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Row_hammer#Implications https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Row_hammer#Implications)
- sbarre 10y agoGeez, I'd never heard of this.. I just spent an hour reading up on it.. There's even a Javascript implementation (because of course there is)...
- Bartweiss 10y agoIt blew my mind when I first encountered it. The basic idea - flip bits a lot until things crash - wasn't totally shocking. But learning that Project Zero had put up working privilege escalation attacks off something so bizarre? That's just too far. At least Van Eck phreaking is still hard to use in practice...