2020-05-11
This has been a long time coming. Today we release Thunderspy. Find full details at https://thunderspy.io/. Thanks to @a_greenberg for reporting. #Thunderspy #Intel #Thunderbolt https://twitter.com/...
Wired
Researcher: PCs with Thunderbolt ports have an unpatchable flaw letting hackers with physical access circumvent data safeguards; some new PCs are not affected
The so-called Thunderspy attack takes less than five minutes to pull off with physical access to a device, and affects any PC manufactured before 2019.
@wdormann @a_greenberg Sadly, no. Intel's Kernel DMA protection requires hardware and BIOS support that weren't shipped prior to 2019. It also requires OS support but that is much easier to fix. See https://thunderspy.io/... for details.
Wired
Researcher: PCs with Thunderbolt ports have an unpatchable flaw letting hackers with physical access circumvent data safeguards; some new PCs are not affected
The so-called Thunderspy attack takes less than five minutes to pull off with physical access to a device, and affects any PC manufactured before 2019.