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In this paper, we present NetSpectre, a generic remote Spectre variant 1 attack. For this purpose, we demonstrate the first access-driven remote Evict+Reload cache attack over network, leaking 15 bits per hour. Beyond retrofitting existing…

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ARM Memory Tagging Extension (MTE) is a new hardware feature introduced in ARMv8.5-A architecture, aiming to detect memory corruption vulnerabilities. The low overhead of MTE makes it an attractive solution to mitigate memory corruption…

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Deploying trustworthy artificial intelligence on edge robotics imposes a difficult trade-off between high-assurance robustness and energy sustainability. Traditional defense mechanisms against adversarial attacks typically incur significant…