CPU Vulnerabilities Get names - Meltdown and Spectre
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wavetrex
"bug"
Yeah. Sure.
Following Snowden's revelations a few years back, I don't believe in such "bugs" anymore...
However, it's good that these NSA backdoors are finally being discovered and closed. It was about damn time !
Evlmj
"Vunerabilities" ? 😀
Solfaur
https://media.giphy.com/media/qs6ev2pm8g9dS/giphy.gif
Meltdown is quite the fitting name for this... discovery. 🙄
Fender178
Processors from 1995? Heh sure like MS is going to release fixes for old tech like that. Also most of those vintage Computer collectors who own CPUs from that era do not have those PCs connected to the network or even the Internet for that matter. Makes me wonder how do those hackers can gain access to the CPUs without some kind of connection that is either network related or Internet. Unless I do not understand how this exploit works. The same goes with Apple I seriously doubt that Apple would try to create a patch for their computers dating back to 1995.
Crash27
When you were little you thought the monsters were under your bed or in the closet. When you got older you found out there all in the government or on the board......
The Goose
Well ....everyone's been having a meltdown and bitchin about intel the last couple of days.... i hope they're eating humble pie.
Octopuss
Paranoia is not healthy.
cryohellinc
Neither is ignorance.
DLD
Scumbags called $hintel and m$oft...
Alessio1989
Ecept o
You know this is a HARDWARE bug?
Angantyr
Seems like Microsoft is just about to deploy their fix; https://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/Search.aspx?q=KB4056892
Aura89
I have seen this does not affect gaming much, that being said though, i still kinda wonder what this would mean if modern consoles used Intel processors.
Have a hat.
http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/weirdalfoil_2322.jpg
cryohellinc
Fix is out for Win 7 / 8.1 / Server 2016 / Win 10
https://www.ghacks.net/2018/01/04/microsoft-releases-out-of-band-security-updates/
Benches Before/ After fix applied.
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RealNC
An attack vector would be JavaScript or Flash through a web page. The web page wouldn't have to be malicious by nature. It could have been compromised. For example, imagine if Guru3D or another site you visit got compromised for a couple hours.
Ricepudding
I have the solution guys, never turn on your pc, disconnect it from the internet and put it back in the box... and head down to the pub have a pint and wait for all this to blow over
RzrTrek
I can't help but to think this was by design.
PinchedNerve
Intel CEO sold millions in stock after company was informed of vulnerability, before disclosure.
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/i...of-vulnerability-before-disclosure-2018-01-03
asturur
well insider trading rules should apply.
gx-x
I don't know why is it left out that device needs to be "hacked" in order for either of these exploits to work. Reading this article like this, one assumes that someone can just enter an IP and that's that, passwords stolen. Far from it.
If they manage to get to your PC, there are way more efficient tools to use then to f**k about RAM and what's in it currently, wait for passwords, comb through desert to find "rebels".... 🙂
Anyway, I want an option to not use the fix for this non-issue if it will slow down my PC. But I am not going to be given one, I am almost sure of it. Forget about how "efficient" windows defender and firewall are, these hardware bugs, oh my god...what an issue!
Turanis
Yeah,old bloody JavaScript always be a mess. (Burn in hell the master of Java language)
Anyway,it's curious that the shares are responding today, given the security vulnerability appears to have been written about for some time by Anders Fogh, was penned back in July.
https://cyber.wtf/2017/07/28/negative-result-reading-kernel-memory-from-user-mode/
