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Researchers disclosed Branch Target Reuse (BTR), an attack that exploits stale branch predictions left in the CPU after JIT code is reused. This article examines the Linux root-hash experiment, what ...

Branch Target Reuse (BTR) exploits stale CPU branch data to leak Linux memory, including root password hashes.

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A research team at TU Graz has demonstrated that the file notification systems of various operating systems can be exploited to spy on users' activities and forge password prompts.

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