Researchers have discovered two types of cyber attacks targeting the conditional branch predictor in Intel processors, revealing more information with greater precision than previous attacks. This feature tracks the sequence and addresses of ‘branches’ in software. The research, led by UC San Diego, resulted in Intel and AMD issuing security alerts. The researchers demonstrated the ability to capture branch outcomes in order, and also conducted a highly precise poisoning attack, which can lead to the execution of unintended code.
Court Grants Vizgen Motion to Expand Antitrust Case vs.10x, Harvard
A US District Court judge has permitted Vizgen to expand its antitrust lawsuit against 10x Genomics and Harvard University, with new evidence implicating potential attempts
