Computer Security

• Concepts

• Hardware Security

• Software Security

Concepts

• A Primer on Security Threats for Computer Architects

Hardware Security

• SandSifter - Audits x86 processors for hidden instructions and hardware bugs, by systematically generating machine code to search through a processor's instruction set, and monitoring execution for anomalies.

• Cacheout - CacheOut, a new speculative execution attack that is capable of leaking data from Intel CPUs across many security boundaries.

• Glitch the Switch - Walkthrough of an interesting way to break the boot flow

• Keystone Enclave - An Open Framework for Architecting Trusted Execution Environments

• Zombieload explained

Software Security

• Interactive Guide to Buffer Overflow Exploitation

• Intel Software Guard Extensions - A set of instructions that increases the security of application code and data, giving them more protection from disclosure or modification

• Awesome cryptography - A curated list of cryptography resources and links.