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Microarchitecture Exploitation

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Modern CPUs are impressive feats of engineering effort. Consistently offering performance improvements every generation, but how? This module explores security vulnerabilities that can lurk hidden, below the assembly, in CPU architecture itself!

Note: Meltdown challenges must be performed inside the VM!

Microarchitecture Exploitation - Below Assembly
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Microarchitecture Exploitation - Flush and Reload
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Microarchitecture Exploitation - Meltdown
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Microarchitecture Exploitation - Spectre
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Class - Robert - 2024.11.19
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Class - Robert - 2024.11.21
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Class - Robert - 2024.11.27
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Further Reading
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Baby Spectre 1
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Baby Spectre 2
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Baby Spectre 3
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Baby Spectre 4
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Baby Spectre 5
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Prefetch Peek
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Spooky Spectre 1
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Spooky Spectre 2
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Yan85 Reloaded
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Ghost in the YPU 1
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Ghost in the YPU 2
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Molten Access
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Molten Walk