---
title: "New Spectre-Style 'Pathfinder' Attack Targets Intel CPU, Leak Encryption Keys and Data"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/new-spectre-style-pathfinder-attack-targets-intel-cpu-leak-encryption-keys-and-data-rs28c6fgo
source_url: https://thehackernews.com/2024/05/new-spectre-style-pathfinder-attack.html
type: article
source: "The Hacker News"
published: 2024-05-08T15:03:44.491Z
updated: 2024-05-09T07:55:57.971Z
tags: ["computing", "intel"]
reading_time: 2
upvotes: 2
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# 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.

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