Apple silicon has exclusive new type of security vulnerability
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Thankfully, Apple is aware of the issue... What you need to know Apple silicon has a new type of data vulnerability. University researchers have found the world`s first `Data Memory-Dependent Prefetcher (DMP) vulnerability` dubbed `Augury`. It can let attackers access `at rest` data on chips like the M1 and A14 processors. A new report from university researchers indicates Apple silicon has an exclusive new type of vulnerability that could make it vulnerable to attackers. The research comes from a team at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Tel Aviv University, and the University of Washington, who have revealed a so-called a Data Memory-Dependent Prefetcher (DMP) vulnerability they`ve named `augury`. As explained by our friends at Tom`s Hardware: Augury takes advantage of Apple Silicon`s DMP feature. This prefetcher aims to improve system performance by being aware of the entire memory content, which allows it to improve system performance by pre-fetching data b...