New Spectre v2 attack variant leaks Linux root password hash in minutes

T1Covered by 1 source · first reported by BleepingComputer at 29 Sept, 17:10 UTC

A new Branch Target Reuse (BTR) attack has been devised that can recover root password hashes on Intel computers running Linux in 3-5 minutes on average. [...]

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• T1New Spectre v2 attack variant leaks Linux root password hash in minutesBleepingComputer29 Sept, 17:10