GOD MODE UNLOCKED - Hardware Backdoors in x86 CPUs
What it is
Christopher Domas's Black Hat talk demonstrates a hardware backdoor in a third-party x86 processor, a hidden core that grants root from userland. He uses it to discuss how feasible broader hardware backdoors might be.
Why Hacker News recommends it
Cited in hardware-trust and supply-chain threads as a concrete, startling demonstration of chip-level backdoors.
- 1 people recommended it
- 1 different months
- 1 strong recommendations
- first 2018, last 2021
What HN commenters said
“I've seen too many mind-blowing presentations from security researchers to think I can bound their abilities safely.”
Mind-blowing security research presentation
jerf, 2019-06 · Strong recommendation · in “RAMBleed Attack – Reading Bits in Memory Without Accessing Them”
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Topics: x86, backdoor, black hat, reverse engineering, christopher domas
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