Cutting-edge hack gives super user status by exploiting DRAM weakness

10 Mar
2015
10 Mar
'15
9:03 p.m.
"In one of more impressive hacks in recent memory, researchers have devised an attack that exploits physical weaknesses in certain types of DDR memory chips to elevate the system rights of untrusted users of Intel-compatible PCs running Linux." -- source: http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/03/cutting-edge-hack-gives-super-user-s... Cheers, Peter -- Peter Reutemann, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Waikato, NZ http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ Ph. +64 (7) 858-5174
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