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This physical hardware attack exploits the memory path between processors and DDR5 modules to bypass confidentiality guarantees in Intel TDX and AMD SEV-SNP, revealing a critical vulnerability in cloud infrastructure trust boundaries. The technique relies on a custom interposer that silently discards specific write commands, allowing attackers with brief physical access to recover overwritten data from protected virtual machines. This development underscores the necessity of re-evaluating hardware-level security assumptions for confidential computing deployments where supply chain or maintenance access cannot be fully trusted.
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New DDRop Attack Breaks Intel TDX and AMD SEV-SNP With $159 DDR5 Device

Cybersecurity News4 min read

Confidential cloud systems are designed to keep a customer’s data hidden even from the server operator. DDRop shows that this promise can fail when an attacker can tamper with the DDR5 memory path. The new technique is a physical hardware attack, not malware, but it can undermine workloads protected by Intel TDX and AMD SEV-SNP. […] The post New DDRop Attack Breaks Intel TDX and AMD SEV-SNP With $159 DDR5 Device appeared first on Cyber Security News.

Confidential cloud systems are designed to keep a customer’s data hidden even from the server operator. DDRop shows that this promise can fail when an attacker can tamper with the DDR5 memory path. The new technique is a physical hardware attack, not malware, but it can undermine workloads protected by Intel TDX and AMD SEV-SNP. Earlier work had already raised questions about…

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