State Injection Into Hardware Prefetchers

Bulletin ID: AMD-SB-7023 Potential Impact: Data leakage via Side Channels Severity: N/A Summary A research paper titled ‘ ShadowLoad: Injecting State into Hardware Prefetchers ’ was provided to AMD in February 2024. The paper discusses the possibility for prefetchers to be used to inject cache...

Windows Kernel Information Disclosure Vulnerability

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Golang Cryptomining Worm Offers 15% Speed Boost

A freshly discovered variant of the Golang crypto-worm was recently spotted dropping Monero-mining malware on victim machines; in a switch-up of tactics, the payload binaries are capable of speeding up the mining process by 15 percent, researchers said. According to research from Uptycs, the worm...