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Topic: CVE-2019-1125

Digest Article

New SWAPGS Side-Channel Attack Bypasses Spectre and Meltdown Defenses

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Millions of newer Intel microprocessors manufactured after 2012 are vulnerable to a new type of side-channel attack dubbed SWAPGS. SWAPGS is similar to existing side-channel attacks such as Spectre and Meltdown and similarly could allow a hacker to gain access to sensitive data such as passwords and encryption keys on consumer and enterprise PCs. Read More

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