--- title: New Spectre-Style 'Pathfinder' Attack Targets Intel CPU,... description: Researchers have discovered two novel attack methods targeting high-performance Intel CPUs that could be exploited to stage a key recovery attack against the... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/new-spectre-style-pathfinder-attack-targets-intel-cpu-leak-encryption-keys-and-data-rs28c6fgo twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: New Spectre-Style 'Pathfinder' Attack Targets Intel CPU, Leak Encryption Keys and Data | daily.dev og:description: Researchers have discovered two novel attack methods targeting high-performance Intel CPUs that could be exploited to stage a key recovery attack against the... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/new-spectre-style-pathfinder-attack-targets-intel-cpu-leak-encryption-keys-and-data-rs28c6fgo og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/rs28c6fgO.png og:image:alt: New Spectre-Style 'Pathfinder' Attack Targets Intel CPU, Leak Encryption Keys and Data og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # New Spectre-Style 'Pathfinder' Attack Targets Intel CPU, Leak Encryption Keys and Data **[The Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/thn)** · 2 min read · 2 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Researchers have discovered two novel attack methods targeting high-performance Intel CPUs that could be exploited to stage a key recovery attack against the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) algorithm. The attacks, collectively called Pathfinder, involve manipulating key components of the branch predictor and can lead to the leakage of encryption keys and data. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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