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Last week, researchers at the University of Virginia exposed Intel and AMD’s chips to a Spectre attack. Though Spectre has been in news since 2018, the latest research has put Intel & AMD on the backfoot, with both companies swiftly releasing statements to quash any concerns. Spectre allows attackers to skim through the sensitive information…
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Researchers from Bitdefender say Intel’s x86 and x64 are prone to SWAGS speculative execution vulnerability. After the Spectre and Meltdown debacle last year, modern-day processors have been found to suffer from a similar vulnerability. It’s a modified form Spectre 1 vulnerability that takes advantage of speculative execution, a function found in x86 and x64 processors…
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