Archive of posts tagged: Security
Blockchains Considered Harmful: Is Brute-Force Processing Replacing Good Design?
Emerging cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin and Ethereum have reached market capitalizations in the billions of U.S. dollars and transactions volumes in the hundreds of millions of U.S. dollars per day according to coinmarketcap.com. The underlying technology of...
Offensive Security Research in Computer Architecture Conferences
We rarely see attack papers published in architecture conferences. What is the benefit of publishing attacks? What makes an attack paper instructive and valuable?
Freedom vs. Security in Computer Systems
Is it time to consider designing and operating computer systems with an “off-by-default” attitude to proactively defend against such attacks?
HARDWARE 0-DAYS: PUBLISH, SELL OR HOARD? (PART IV)
What should vendors do when they discover that a hardware 0-day has been used to exploit systems built on their product? Some vulnerabilities may permit vendors to patch the vulnerability using microcode updates. For instance, a mitigation for the row hammer DRAM...Subscribe
