Frequency
4
occurrences
First Seen
August 6, 2026
Last Seen
August 7, 2026
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New TONTOU Attack Exploits Spectre v2 Defenses on Intel and AMD CPUs
MIT researchers have unveiled a new speculative execution attack named TONTOU, which bypasses mitigations against Spectre v2 on Intel and AMD processors. The attack exploits a timing vulnerability in the…
7 articles · Updated August 7, 2026
Recent Intelligence Reports
- MIT boffins' TONTOU attack slips through Spectre defenses on Intel and AMD CPUs — Theregister · August 7, 2026
- TONTOU attack bypasses Spectre v2 fixes to leak Linux password hashes — Feeds.4Sysops · August 7, 2026
- New TONTOU CPU attack bypasses Spectre v2 fixes, leaks Linux password hashes — Bleepingcomputer · August 6, 2026
- New Interrupt Injection Attack Can Bypass Spectre v2 Defenses on Intel and AMD CPUs — Thehackernews · August 6, 2026