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Cyberattack exploiting high-speed expansion ports
A DMA attack is a type of side channel attack in computer security, in which an attacker can penetrate a computer or other device, by exploiting the presence of high-speed expansion ports that permit direct memory access (DMA). Wikipedia →
🧠Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: DMA attackA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: Modern Operating SystemsThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: A Delay-Based Machine Learning Model for DMA Attack MitigationCited 7 times
- Go sideways: Input–output memory management unitA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Device driverA closely related topic
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🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
đź“š Books worth reading
Modern Operating SystemsAndrew S. Tanenbaum, Herbert Bos · 1992
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