New research describes two vulnerabilities that could affect SSD drives utilizing MLC technology: "program interference" and "read disturb." In the first, an attacker can corrupt data or reduce the ...
Researchers have uncovered a means of corrupting the data on SSDs in an attack reminiscent of the Rowhammer effect that targets RAM. The attack overcomes reliability measures used to ensure the ...
NAND flash memory chips, the building blocks of solid-state drives (SSDs), include what could be called "programming vulnerabilities" that can be exploited to alter stored data or shorten the SSD's ...