ZombieLoad side-channel attack affects Intel chips manufactured since 2008

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The flaw could enable hackers to steal almost every bit of data from inside the CPU - including on servers running in the cloud

Researchers have discovered a new class of Spectre-like security flaws in Intel microprocessors, dubbed microarchitectural data sampling flaws. The flaws could enable hackers to steal almost every ...

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