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A pair of vulnerabilities have been discovered impacting Intel and AMD CPUs, and they both affect generations of processors for those who haven't updated their systems yet.
Intel & AMD CPUs reportedly face newly surfaced vulnerabilities codenamed Downfall & Inception, impacting the performance of several PCs.
Google researcherer Daniel Moghimi discovered the new vulnerability, dubbed Downfall. He writes that it is caused by memory optimization features in Intel processors that unintentionally reveal internal...
The fix does come with a big performance hit and an opt-out, though.
A newly revealed flaw affects a good chunk of the world's computers. A patch has been released, but broad, structural change in CPU design will be required to address the root cause.