https://thehackernews.com/2022/06/new-hertzbleed-side-channel-attack.html

"A newly discovered security vulnerability in modern Intel and AMD processors 
could let remote attackers steal encryption keys via a power side channel 
attack.

"Dubbed Hertzbleed by a group of researchers from the University of Texas, 
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and the University of Washington, the 
issue is rooted in dynamic voltage and frequency scaling (DVFS), power and 
thermal management feature employed to conserve power and reduce the amount of 
heat generated by a chip.

"The cause is that, under certain circumstances, periodic CPU frequency 
adjustments depend on the current CPU power consumption, and these adjustments 
directly translate to execution time differences (as 1 hertz = 1 cycle per 
second)," the researchers said.

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