GPUThor Rowhammer Attack Bypasses ECC on NVIDIA RTX A6000 to Achieve Host Root Access
Academic researchers at the University of Toronto have disclosed a new Rowhammer attack, dubbed GPUThor, that defeats error correction codes (ECC) on…
Tag: hardware security
New Interrupt Injection Attack Bypasses Spectre v2 Defenses on Intel and AMD CPUs
Researchers from MIT CSAIL have unveiled a novel attack technique called Interrupt Injection that can bypass Spectre v2 mitigations on Intel and…
24,650 Internet-Exposed BMCs Leak IPMI Password Hashes Before Login
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered over 36,000 Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) interfaces exposing the Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) protocol to the public…
Eclypsium: Firmware Security Company
Eclypsium is a cybersecurity firm focused on firmware and hardware security. They previously highlighted the risks of BMCs as attack targets for…
Bit2Watt Attack Presented at CHES 2026 Hardware Security Conference
The Bit2Watt attack paper was accepted to CHES 2026, the IACR's hardware-security conference, highlighting the threat of GPU-based power grid destabilization.
Bit2Watt Attack: Cloud Tenants Could Destabilize Power Grids Using Legitimate GPU Workloads
A new attack technique called Bit2Watt, detailed by researchers from Zhejiang University in a paper accepted to CHES 2026, demonstrates how a…
Laser Attack Resets Tangem Wallet Passwords on Cards That Can’t Be Patched
Researchers at Ledger's Donjon security team have demonstrated a laser fault injection attack that can reset the password on Tangem crypto wallet…
Tangem: Crypto Wallet Manufacturer Faces Unpatchable Laser Attack
Tangem produces hardware cryptocurrency wallets in the form of bank cards, using secure element chips. A laser fault injection attack discovered by…
TrojPix Attack: New Covert Channel Leaks Data from Air-Gapped Systems via Video Cable Emissions
Researchers at Shandong University have unveiled a novel data exfiltration technique named TrojPix, capable of leaking sensitive information from air-gapped systems by…