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  • Cache Side-Channel Attacks: When Time Itself Becomes a Leak

    Cache Side-Channel Attacks: When Time Itself Becomes a Leak

    Modern computing systems rely on multilayered memory hierarchies designed for speed, not secrecy. CPU caches — L1, L2, L3 — exist to accelerate access to frequently used data. But that optimization introduces a blind spot: timing differences. Attackers can observe tiny delays in memory access and extract information that should never be accessible. No…