TONTOU

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MIT boffins' TONTOU attack slips through Spectre defenses on Intel and AMD CPUs - The Register

Researchers at MIT demonstrated a new speculative execution attack called TONTOU that bypasses existing Spectre mitigations on Intel and AMD processors, revealing a previously unaddressed vulnerability class in CPU microarchitecture.

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The Register AI / Software via Google News

Aug 8, 2026

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New TONTOU CPU attack bypasses Spectre v2 fixes, leaks Linux password hashes

Researchers discovered a novel CPU side-channel attack called TONTOU that evades current Spectre v2 mitigations and successfully extracts Linux password hashes, revealing a critical gap in hardware-level security defenses.

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BleepingComputer

Aug 6, 2026

Related Claims

01 TONTOU slips through Spectre defenses on Intel and AMD CPUs.

02 TONTOU bypasses recent Spectre v2 mitigations and leaks Linux password hashes

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