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Rowhammer Redux: ‘Blacksmith’ Fuzzing—Panic Now?

Rowhammer Redux: ‘Blacksmith’ Fuzzing—Panic Now?

| | Blacksmith, DRAM attack, it shows just how close to the edge of not working our modern computing environment is, Rowhammer, SB Blogwatch
Researchers have cast serious doubt on claims that modern DRAM is safe against Rowhammer bit-flip attacks ...
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Grandchild of Rowhammer: ‘Half-Double’ Tactic Flips Farther Bits

| | ECC memory, Half-Double, Intel processors, Rowhammer, SB Blogwatch
Rowhammer has a new variant. And it’s been made easier: DDR4 memory is getting denser, so the individual bits are physically closer together ...
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ECC Memory Not Safe from Rowhammer Attack

| | bit flipping, ECC memory, error-correcting code, memory defect, memory exploit, Rowhammer
Researchers have proven for the first that that error-correcting code (ECC) memory can be affected by the same bit-flipping attack known as Rowhammer that plagues regular DRAM memory. Rowhammer is a memory defect ...
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Major Attack 'Rampage' Puts Android Devices at Risk

Major Attack ‘Rampage’ Puts Android Devices at Risk

| | Android attack, DRAM attack, Drammer, Guardion, Mobile Security, Rampage, Rowhammer
A team of researchers from several universities and private companies has developed a new attack that breaks a fundamental security layer in Android and affects the majority of mobile devices released over ...
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