> New TONTOU CPU attack bypasses Spectre v2 fixes, leaks Linux password hashes
[AUTHOR: Ionut Ilascu]
[DATE: 06/08/2026 18:03]
[LANGUAGE: EN]
Researchers found a way to bypass recent mitigations for Spectre v2 speculative execution side-channel attacks and developed an exploit to leak secrets from Linux machines. [...]