Security experts from Rice University in the United States, University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom, and SRI International, have discovered a new set of security vulnerabilities that can be exploited by attackers via Thunderbolt, the hardware interface created by Apple and Intel for connecting peripheral devices to a computer.
The attack was dubbed by the researchers Thunderclap:
“The Thunderclap vulnerabilities are security flaws that affect the way modern computers interact with peripheral devices such as network cards, storage, and graphics cards.” the researchers explained.
