Latest Rowhammer news

New ZenHammer memory attack impacts AMD Zen CPUs

Academic researchers developed ZenHammer, the first variant of the Rowhammer DRAM attack that works on CPUs based on recent AMD Zen microarchitecture that map physical addresses on DDR4 and DDR5 memory chips.
- Bill Toulas
- March 25, 2024
- 12:00 PM
- 0
New Rowhammer technique bypasses existing DDR4 memory defenses

Researchers have developed a new fuzzing-based technique called 'Blacksmith' that revives Rowhammer vulnerability attacks against modern DRAM devices that bypasses existing mitigations.
- Bill Toulas
- November 15, 2021
- 05:27 PM
- 0
DDR4 Memory Still At Rowhammer Risk, New Method Bypasses Fixes

Academic researchers testing modern memory modules from Samsung, Micron, and Hynix discovered that current protections against Rowhammer attacks are insufficient.
- Ionut Ilascu
- March 11, 2020
- 02:27 PM
- 0
RAMBleed Attack Can Steal Sensitive Data From Computer Memory

Researchers found a new method to impact the confidentiality of the data stored in the computer memory, successfully extracting a signing key from an OpenSSH server with nothing by normal user permissions.
- Ionut Ilascu
- June 11, 2019
- 01:00 PM
- 0
ECC Memory Vulnerable to Rowhammer Attack

Memory modules with error-correcting code (ECC) protection are vulnerable to Rowhammer, an attack that can help corrupt data the computer stores in its volatile memory chips.
- Ionut Ilascu
- November 26, 2018
- 11:46 AM
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Academics Announce New Protections Against Spectre and Rowhammer Attacks

Academics from multiple universities have announced fixes for two severe security flaws known as Spectre and Rowhammer.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- July 23, 2018
- 04:55 AM
- 0
Every Android Device Since 2012 Impacted by RAMpage Vulnerability

Almost all Android devices released since 2012 are vulnerable to a new vulnerability named RAMpage, an international team of academics has revealed today. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2018-9442, is a variation of the Rowhammer attack.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- June 28, 2018
- 11:25 AM
- 0
Researchers Come Up With a Way to Launch Rowhammer Attacks via Network Packets

Five academics from the Vrije University in Amsterdam and one from the University of Cyprus have discovered a way for launching Rowhammer attacks via network packets and network cards.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- May 11, 2018
- 12:30 AM
- 0
GLitch Technique Enrolls Graphics Cards in Rowhammer Attacks on Android Phones

A team of academics from the Vrije University in Amsterdam has developed a new hacking technique that uses embedded graphics processing units (GPUs) and support for WebGL to carry out a Rowhammer attack.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- May 03, 2018
- 12:25 PM
- 0
Chrome Extension Protects Against JavaScript-Based CPU Side-Channel Attacks

A team of academics has created a Chrome extension that can block side-channel attacks that use JavaScript code to leak data from a computer's RAM or CPU.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- March 17, 2018
- 04:00 AM
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New Rowhammer Attack Bypasses Previously Proposed Countermeasures

Security researchers have come up with a variation of the Rowhammer attack that bypasses all previously proposed countermeasures.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- October 04, 2017
- 11:05 AM
- 0
SSD Drives Vulnerable to Attacks That Corrupt User Data

NAND flash memory chips, the building blocks of solid-state drives (SSDs), include what could be called "programming vulnerabilities" that can be exploited to alter stored data or shorten the SSD's lifespan.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- May 21, 2017
- 07:35 AM
- 0
JavaScript Attack Breaks ASLR on 22 CPU Micro-Architectures

Five researchers from the Vrije University in the Netherlands have put together an attack that can be carried out via JavaScript code and break ASLR protection on at least 22 processor micro-architectures from vendors such as Intel, AMD, ARM, Allwinner, Nvidia, and others.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- February 15, 2017
- 05:43 AM
- 0
November's Android Security Bulletin Patches Drammer and Dirty COW Exploits

Google released today Android's Security Bulletin for the month of November, which among a total of 83 security vulnerabilities has also patched two high profile bugs identified as Drammer and Dirty COW.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- November 08, 2016
- 02:40 PM
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