What's happening to the Intel CPUs?
@ed There is a bug which malwares can exploit to mess with... everything. From what I understood, every software can access the kernel zone of the CPU, hence accessing password, modifying the system... And patches will likely affect performances.
@fluffy Ha I see.. I assume I should now consider buying AMD stuff for my potential next computer
@ed @fluffy AMD is touched too, in fact, almost every CPU is...
https://www.numerama.com/tech/318576-meltdown-et-spectre-7-questions-pour-comprendre-les-failles-critiques-sur-les-processeurs.html (french)
https://spectreattack.com/ (english)
@disciple @ed
@disciple @fluffy I see patches are available, have your installed them?do they really slow down your devices?
@ed @fluffy I am on windows 7 at work and 8 at home, so the security patches are not yet released (i think they will be by tuesday) so i dunno yet :s
@fluffy @ed but the word says that it will not impact too much things like games, and most applications
but we'll see!
@ed @fluffy AMD is touched too, in fact, almost every CPU is...
https://www.numerama.com/tech/318576-meltdown-et-spectre-7-questions-pour-comprendre-les-failles-critiques-sur-les-processeurs.html (french)
https://spectreattack.com/ (english)