Intel 'Downfall': Severe flaw in billions of CPUs leaks passwords and much more
Intel 'Downfall': Severe flaw in billions of CPUs leaks passwords and much more
There is a serious security flaw in billions of Intel CPUs that can let attackers steal confidential data like passwords and encryption keys. Firmware updates can fix it, but at a potential significant performance loss.
Oh no.
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Downfall, Inception, Meltdown, Spectre, I hate to see new vulnerabilities, but their naming choices are solid.
They should name them after their investors and board members.
Gelsinger, McKeon, and Lavender do have a nice ring to them.
Sounds like Bond movies.
Imagine a bug in the ALU when adding two octal values - Octoplussy
Or a bug in a specific Intel generation - Skylakefall
The next one will be discovered On Her Motherboard’s Secret Processes
All four of those names are movies. Only one is a Bond movie, though.
can't wait for "shellshock", "wildfire" and "collapse".
Shellshock happened in 2014 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shellshock_(software_bug)
oh lol