Downfall Vulnerability Exposes Intel CPUs to Data and Encryption Keys Stealing

Downfall vulnerability impacts various Intel microprocessors and enables encryption keys, passwords, and other sensitive data exfiltration. The flaw was dubbed CVE-2022-40982 and was reported to Intel by security researcher Daniel Moghimi. The researcher provided a proof-of-concept that leverages the Gather instruction in two ways. Intel released patches for the Downfall vulnerability that impacts recently sold […]

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