Meltdown/Spectre Malware PoCs are now in the wild…

Looks like this is about to get real – https://hothardware.com/news/meltdown-and-spectre-proof-of-concept-malware-code-hits-the-internet

Conversation 4 comments

  • Polycrastinator

    05 February, 2018 - 8:48 am

    <p>From what I've read, these are still nonworking samples. Very much research samples, not usable code at this point. Doesn't mean it's not coming, but no need to panic yet.</p>

    • moogleassassin

      05 February, 2018 - 11:13 am

      <blockquote><a href="#243255"><em>In reply to Polycrastinator:</em></a></blockquote><p>yeah that was kind of in the title 😛 ProofOfConcept and "about" to get real. Not "omg save yourselves" ;)</p>

      • Polycrastinator

        05 February, 2018 - 11:34 am

        <blockquote><a href="#243287"><em>In reply to moogleassassin:</em></a></blockquote><p>I think of proof of concept as being usable. This stuff isn't there yet. That may be a semantic argument, of course, but fundamentally I'm still not convinced that a random 2k/s data leak is ever going to be all that useful.</p>

  • jimchamplin

    Premium Member
    07 February, 2018 - 12:00 pm

    <p>Surprised it took this long.</p><p><br></p><p>You know? Part of me is starting to think that the whole thing is just a little bit convenient. PC sales are flagging because machines are just lasting longer now. OH OOPS EVERY CPU EVER MADE IS A SECURITY RISK!!</p><p><br></p><p>Riiiiiiiiiight. </p><p><br></p><p>I mean, not a lot I can do with a machine from 2010 or whatever. Not like anyone's going to ever release a patch for my box.</p>

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