Getting tenure was a great journey. I want to thank my students, collaborators, and colleagues for their help! This wouldn't have been possible without them.
The uASC'27 submission deadline has been extended by one week to August 4, 2026.
We welcome work on all aspects of microarchitectural security, including attacks, defenses, analysis, and hardware-software interactions.
uasc.cc#uASC#Microarchitecture
StackWarp: A new CPU vulnerability affecting AMD SEV-SNP (Zen 1-5). A malicious host can manipulate the stack pointer inside the confidential virtual machine, breaking integrity and confidentiality guarantees.
/cc @Rayiizzzstackwarpattack.com
Registration is open for MICSEC Winter School 2025 (Dec 1–5)!
An incredible week in side-channel and microarchitectural security with talks and hands-on sessions from world-class experts.
Register now: micsec.wp.imt.fr
Exciting work from my newest PhD @fth0mas! He just started at the beginning of the year, and this was his first project in his PhD. If you are Black Hat, don't miss his talk starting in 10 minutes!
After a long embargo, I'm happy to announce the public launch of our website on our latest finding: GhostWrite. Our research uncovered a critical CPU bug that compromises all security isolations on affected RISC-V hardware.
ghostwriteattack.com#GhostWrite#BlackHat#BHUSA