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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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