Meltdown and Spectre malware being picked-up by anti-virus software firms
Cyber crooks have started experimenting with Meltdown and Spectre malware

The Fast Show's Professor Denzil Dexter in the lab. Image copyright BBC
Security researchers have been picking up a series of malware samples seeking to exploit the Meltdown and Spectre security flaws. Researchers at AV-TEST, Fortinet and Minerva Labs believe that hackers...
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