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GOD MODE UNLOCKED - Hardware Backdoors in x86 CPUs

Black Hat · talk · Watch on YouTube

Security & hackingComputer architecture & 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.

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What HN commenters said

  1. “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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