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September 14, 2026 at 16:58 UTC
New DDRop Attack Breaks Intel TDX and AMD SEV-SNP Confidential Computing
By [email protected] (The Hacker News)
AI Summary
Researchers disclosed DDRop, a new hardware attack that defeats memory protection in both Intel TDX and AMD SEV-SNP confidential computing environments by silently dropping memory writes, causing processors to read stale encrypted data. The attack requires brief physical access and server-level software control, threatening the integrity guarantees that cloud providers rely on for trusted execution environments.
Relevance score: 78.0/100
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