Spectre Next Generation has arrived - and its worse than last time

Skybird · 05-03-18, 05:11 PM

https://borncity.com/win/2018/05/03/...in-intel-cpus/

I read in German about it yesterday, here now is the first English translation.

At least 8 new vulnerabilities of Intel CPUs have been found by German magazine "C'T". They are kept secret in explanations about their design, so that they win some time to catch up with them, but it is said these new vulnerabilities are more dangeorus than the last ones, since they do no longer need special, hard-to-obtain and hard-to-carry-out special knowledge to make use of them. The risk to private users may be a bit smaller than for server service operators, cloud providers and others.

The CPUs by Intel are not described as having some holes, but to be "holey like Swiss cheese".

I'm so lucky that I use my Intel gaming machine on W10 only for games, and nothing else. Bought in in Nove,mbre, but wiht the revelatiosn of the past 4 months I would never buy Intel again anymore, not for the next couple of years. Too expensive for the risk-package stuff you get. If I would have waited just 6 weeks longer back then...

The German article that dropped the bomb yesterday: https://www.heise.de/ct/artikel/Supe...g-4039134.html

05-03-18, 05:11 PM	#1
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 40,498 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	Spectre Next Generation has arrived - and its worse than last time https://borncity.com/win/2018/05/03/...in-intel-cpus/ I read in German about it yesterday, here now is the first English translation. At least 8 new vulnerabilities of Intel CPUs have been found by German magazine "C'T". They are kept secret in explanations about their design, so that they win some time to catch up with them, but it is said these new vulnerabilities are more dangeorus than the last ones, since they do no longer need special, hard-to-obtain and hard-to-carry-out special knowledge to make use of them. The risk to private users may be a bit smaller than for server service operators, cloud providers and others. The CPUs by Intel are not described as having some holes, but to be "holey like Swiss cheese". I'm so lucky that I use my Intel gaming machine on W10 only for games, and nothing else. Bought in in Nove,mbre, but wiht the revelatiosn of the past 4 months I would never buy Intel again anymore, not for the next couple of years. Too expensive for the risk-package stuff you get. If I would have waited just 6 weeks longer back then... The German article that dropped the bomb yesterday: https://www.heise.de/ct/artikel/Supe...g-4039134.html __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert. Last edited by Skybird; 05-03-18 at 05:20 PM.