Intel 'Downfall': Severe flaw in billions of CPUs leaks passwords and much more

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Intel 'Downfall': Severe flaw in billions of CPUs leaks passwords and much more
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Oh no.

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Downfall, Inception, Meltdown, Spectre, I hate to see new vulnerabilities, but their naming choices are solid.

They should name them after their investors and board members.

Gelsinger, McKeon, and Lavender do have a nice ring to them.

Sounds like Bond movies.

Imagine a bug in the ALU when adding two octal values - Octoplussy

Or a bug in a specific Intel generation - Skylakefall

The next one will be discovered On Her Motherboard’s Secret Processes

All four of those names are movies. Only one is a Bond movie, though.