Tag: CPUs
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Thoughts on the Meltdown and Spectre Processor Vulnerabilities.
Summary: A new class of security vulnerabilities referred to as “Speculative execution side-channel attacks” also known as “Meltdown and Spectre” were publicly disclosed by Cyber security researchers this week. Given the gravity of these flaws, many concerns have been rightly raised. In this article I will cover their impact as well as the Microsoft Cloud’s…