Dedupe, dedupe, dedupe dedupe dedupe... Who snuck in to attack Microsoft Edge? • The Register: "To validate the attack technique, the Dutch team put together a proof-of-concept JavaScript-based attack against the new Microsoft Edge browser, configured with in-built security defences enabled.

Rowhammer involves rapidly writing and rewriting memory to force capacitor errors in DRAM that can then be exploited to gain control of the system. The hardware hack was brought to public attention by security researchers at Google Project Zero last year."

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