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New Spectre 1.1 and Spectre 1.2 CPU Flaws Disclosed

Full Story Blog Post Wednesday, July 11, 2018 in Security   View No Comments No Comments
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https://www.bleepstatic.com/content/posts/2018/07/11/Spectre-variations.pngTwo security researchers have revealed details about two new Spectre-class vulnerabilities, which they've named Spectre 1.1 and Spectre 1.2.

Just like all the previous Meltdown and Spectre CPU bugs variations, these two take advantage of the process of speculative execution— a feature found in all modern CPUs that has the role of improving performance by computing operations in advance and later discarding unneeded data.

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