pwn.college - Microarchitecture Exploitation - DCTLV2025

Name of Training: Microarchitecture Exploitation Trainer(s): Yan Shoshitaishvili, Connor Nelson, Robert Wasinger, Adam DoupéDates:  August 11-12, 2025Time: 8:00 am to 5:00 pm PT  Venue: Las Vegas Convention CenterCost: $2000 Course Description:  Modern CPUs squeeze enormous performance from tiny pieces of silicon—and, in doing so, expose subtle cracks attackers can pry open to steal secrets below the assembly layer. This intensive two-day course demystifies cache-based side-channels, branch-misprediction leaks, and transient-execution attacks such as Spectre and Meltdown. Students gain a principled mental model for how microarchitectural features work, how they break, and how to build reliable exploits and defenses. Content is delivered "pwn.college-style": short concept lectures immediately reinforced by hands-on challenges you solve in a provided browser-based lab environment where you exploit real hardware. This lab environment will continue to be available for students to practice