Two of VUSec’s papers were nominated for the Best Applied Research Award at CSAW’19 in Valence France: ECCploit and RIDL.
When the dust settled, “RIDL: Rogue In-Flight Data Load”, the
paper that was published at Security & Privacy in May and that shows a new class of speculative execution attacks that can leak any “in-flight” data from Intel CPUs won the second place
prize for Best Applied Research at CSAW ’19.
See also: “Much Ado about RIDL“.
The RIDL saga that started in September 2018 lingers on. A new embargo and a new set of insufficient patches, and it isn’t over yet. Excellent coverage by Kim Zetter in the New York Times.
In addition there were many other outlets covering this:
https://www.wired.com/story/intel-mds-attack-taa/
https://www.ft.com/content/d60cda42-7699-11e9-be7d-6d846537acab
https://in.pcmag.com/news/133831/intel-struggles-to-fix-hardware-based-flaws-researchers-say
https://www.engadget.com/2019/11/13/intel-fixes-cpu-security-flaw-for-real/
https://gizmodo.com/intel-reportedly-warned-of-critical-chip-security-flaws-1839807262
https://www.nporadio1.nl/nieuws-en-co/onderwerpen/519738-processorchips-intel-nog-steeds-kwetsbaar
https://nos.nl/artikel/2310247-onderzoekers-intel-neemt-beveiligingslek-niet-serieus.html
https://www.ad.nl/tech/onderzoekers-vu-intel-loog-over-oplossen-lek-in-chips~acb207e0/
https://radar.avrotros.nl/nieuws/item/processorchips-van-intel-nog-steeds-kwetsbaar/
https://www.telegraaf.nl/nieuws/348361583/vu-studie-intel-chips-nog-steeds-kwetsbaar