Cache Side Channel Attack: Exploitability and Countermeasures

This presentation describes three most dangerous cache attacks follow, i.e., Flush + Reload, Evict + Reload and Prime + Probe. Indeed their characteristics also determine their applicability; while Flush + Reload and Evict + Reload requires memory deduplication to succeed (i.e. shared memory between processes), Prime + Probe does not need special requirements to succeed. We evaluate the different examples of everyday usage software that can be targeted by this kind of attacks to violate our privacy. by Xiaofei Guo and Gorka Irazoqui Full Abstract & Presentation Materials: https://www.blackhat.com/asia-17/briefings.html#cache-side-channel-attack-exploitability-and-countermeasures