Leveraging Observability Data for Downfall and Inception Vulnerability Analysis

In early August 2023, both Intel and AMD confirmed vulnerabilities in their CPUs. Specifically, a security expert named Daniel Moghimi at Google discovered a vulnerability dubbed “Downfall” (CVE-2022-40982) in Intel’s chipset. This vulnerability allows attackers to exploit it, potentially gaining access to data from other applications or memory areas. Similarly, researchers Daniel Trujillo, Johannes Wikner, […]