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The Effects of the Spectre and Meltdown Vulnerabilities
2018-01-26 12:12

On January 3, the world learned about a series of major security vulnerabilities in modern microprocessors. Called Spectre and Meltdown, these vulnerabilities were discovered by several different researchers last summer, disclosed to the microprocessors' manufacturers, and patched­ -- at least to the extent possible. This news isn't really any different from the usual endless stream of security vulnerabilities and patches,...


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