SPOILER Alert - Intel CPUs Impacted by New Vulnerability

[WYP]

Meet SPOILER, the latest exploit to spoil Intel's day.



Read more about Intel's SPOILER exploit.

[wozza365]

I guess the real question is whether this is just a string of bad luck or have Intel been really neglecting security for performance gains?

[Dawelio]

Originally Posted by wozza365

I guess the real question is whether this is just a string of bad luck or have Intel been really neglecting security for performance gains?

I really hope it's the former...

[looz]

I'm not sure if it can be called negligence since when these CPUs were designed no-one considered branch prediction an attack vector.