Arm: Side-channel attack on Cortex-M not indicative of architectural flaws

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Side-channel attack on Cortex-M based systems not indicative of architectural flaws, Arm says
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Side-channel attack on Cortex-M based systems not indicative of architectural flaws, Arm says

Researchers managed to attack MCUs commonly used in IoT devices, but this would work with any code with secret-dependent control flow, chip designer says

Chip designer Arm has said that a successful side-channel attack on its TrustZone-enabled Cortex-M based systems cannot be considered a failure of the protection provided by the architecture. Fo...

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