DRAMA: How Your DRAM Becomes a Security Problem

In this talk, we will present our research into how the design of DRAM common to all computers and many other devices makes these computers and devices insecure. Since our attack methodology targets the DRAM, it is mostly independent of software flaws, operating system, virtualization technology and even CPU. The attack is based on the presence of a row buffer in all DRAM modules. While this buffer is of vital importance to the way DRAM works physically, they also provide an attack surface for a side channel attack. by Michael Schwarz & Anders Fogh Full Abstract: https://www.blackhat.com/eu-16/briefings/schedule/index.html#drama-how-your-dram-becomes-a-security-problem-4826