Meltdown and Spectre Leave Every CPU Vulnerable to Attack

2017 was a bad year for online security. The rise of ransomware dominated the early part of the year, while data breaches (including the infamous Equifax hack) continued unabated. Toward the tail end of the year, rumors started spreading of a huge security flaw with Intel CPUs. Just as the sun rose on 2018, researchers unleashed a flood of information on two new exploits: Meltdown and Spectre. Both affect the CPU. Meltdown primarily affects Intel processors and is (relatively) easy to patch. To add fuel to the fire, Intel’s response to the flaw has drawn sharp criticism from the security...

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