Jon L Posted January 3, 2018 Report Posted January 3, 2018 (edited) Forcing Windows and Linux kernel redesign, which is expected to cause 5-30% Slowdown for all Intel chips made in last 10 years.. UNfreakingBelievable. If not fixed at OS software level, huge security risk looms. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/01/02/intel_cpu_design_flaw/ Edited January 3, 2018 by Jon L Quote
dcpoor Posted January 3, 2018 Report Posted January 3, 2018 (edited) How huge will the class action lawsuit be... lol We'll all probably get $20 or a discount on a new Intel cpu. Edited January 3, 2018 by dcpoor 1 Quote
luvdunhill Posted January 3, 2018 Report Posted January 3, 2018 Guess what I will be working on this week... 5 Quote
Jon L Posted January 3, 2018 Author Report Posted January 3, 2018 AMD stock way up. Damn, why didn't I think of buying some.. 1 Quote
Grahame Posted January 4, 2018 Report Posted January 4, 2018 Meanwhile El Reg deconstructs Intel's response ... (AKA) We translated Intel's crap attempt to spin its way out of CPU security bug PR nightmare https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/01/04/intels_spin_the_registers_annotations/ Quote
Augsburger Posted January 4, 2018 Report Posted January 4, 2018 On 1/3/2018 at 10:18 AM, Jon L said: AMD stock way up. Damn, why didn't I think of buying some.. Well you still have the short opportunity when the knee jerk reactions settle down. 1 Quote
Grahame Posted January 4, 2018 Report Posted January 4, 2018 More info from El Reg https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/01/04/intel_amd_arm_cpu_vulnerability/ See Also Some very interesting / nasty implications ... Servers / VM's / Containers may not have the isolation they thought (if someone deploys a malicious process to snaffle sensitive in memory data) or the really nasty one web page / javascript / exploit to bypass the browser sandbox and see what it can find ... Quote
lunaticbastard Posted January 4, 2018 Report Posted January 4, 2018 red flag? https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/01/intel-ceos-sale-of-stock-just-before-security-bug-reveal-raises-questions/ Quote
Pars Posted January 5, 2018 Report Posted January 5, 2018 No, just financial CYA... based on insider info Quote
CarlSeibert Posted January 10, 2018 Report Posted January 10, 2018 Pretty sweet to see him go to jail for that...... Quote
Augsburger Posted January 10, 2018 Report Posted January 10, 2018 He's rich and he is connected, he will never see the inside of the Big House. 2 Quote
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