An example of Swiss precision, for my German speaking friends. 😀

Just reposting this, as I think over the events of the last month.

Can a malicious cloud provider send bad notifications to break confidential VMs?
Disclosing #AhoiAttacks that break confidential computing offered by AMD SEV-SNP and Intel TDX by abusing interrupt delivery.
Check our USENIX Security & IEEE S&P papers.
ahoi-attacks.github.io/?1337

Troll of the week (and I mean that positively!)

Daniel Ek Hello! I have found that if I disconnect my device from the Internet, Spotify cannot access Sting. That way I don’t have to listen to Sting. Even if somebody tries to search for Sting in the Spotify client, they won’t be able to, because it’s not connected to the Internet. This…

Easter bunnies have arrived en masse at work! Thanks to our fantastic student association VIS ETH CS Department for
spreading some joy (and chocolate) around the department!

Dear Crypto Bubble,
I'm looking for motivated applicants for my PhD position:
- Research on privacy preserving messaging
- Fully funded
- Interdiscipl. research group
- Joint supervision by PI team
- Apply ≤ April 10
- Starts in October
- Nuremberg is nice & a climbing paradise

👏On 6 March, the ZISC center celebrated its 20th anniversary at ETH Zurich. A big thank you to all the people who joined the celebration and made it such a success! Some impressions are available here: bit.ly/3IJuYIn
Srdjan Čapkun Florian Tramèr kennyog Kari Kostiainen

My PhD advisor, Fred Piper, has died. Fred was a mentor, a colleague, and a friend. Like many, he guided my career - in ways both visible and invisible. Let us be inspired by his example: it is possible to be highly successful and remain kind to everyone around you. 🙏

🧵: Every student of mathematics knows the famous story of Ramanujan and Hardy – but it seems that Rishi Sunak, Suella Braverman MP, and the Home Office have missed its crucial message. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Srinivasa… 1/10