Kabir's Tech Dives
I'm always fascinated by new technology, especially AI. One of my biggest regrets is not taking AI electives during my undergraduate years. Now, with consumer-grade AI everywhere, I’m constantly discovering compelling use cases far beyond typical ChatGPT sessions.
As a tech founder for over 22 years, focused on niche markets, and the author of several books on web programming, Linux security, and performance, I’ve experienced the good, bad, and ugly of technology from Silicon Valley to Asia.
In this podcast, I share what excites me about the future of tech, from everyday automation to product and service development, helping to make life more efficient and productive.
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Kabir's Tech Dives
SLAP and FLOP: Apple Silicon Speculative Execution Attacks
SLAP and FLOP are two new speculative execution attacks targeting Apple's M-series chips. SLAP exploits the Load Address Predictor (LAP) to leak data by predicting incorrect memory addresses, while FLOP leverages the Load Value Predictor (LVP) to predict incorrect data values. Both attacks allow unauthorized access to sensitive information from web browsers like Safari and Chrome, compromising data ranging from email content to financial details. Researchers demonstrated proof-of-concept attacks recovering data like browsing history and even book excerpts. Mitigation requires software patches from vendors and updated operating systems.
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