Zeroization, part 1: Wiping can make things worse
Common secret-wiping patterns can add stack copies or erase memory that never held the secret.
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GPU-CFR: 80x Faster Counterfactual Regret Minimization by Compiling the Game to Static Dataflow and CUDA Graph Replay
GPU-CFR compiles counterfactual regret minimization into static dataflow with CUDA Graph Replay, achieving 29.8-80.4x speedups over prior GPU solvers.
Scalable Composition of Byzantine Agreements under Reorder Attacks
Researchers present the first adversary model combining party corruption with channel reordering attacks, establishing tight security thresholds for composed Byzantine agreement protocols.
Trusting-Trust Attack against an Entire Linux Distribution (via the strip utility)
ArXiv paper shows the trusting-trust compiler backdoor technique can compromise an entire Linux distribution via the strip utility.