TheUnmentionable to [email protected]English • 1 year agoIntel 'Downfall': Severe flaw in billions of CPUs leaks passwords and much morewww.pcworld.commessage-square163fedilinkarrow-up1986file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1976external-linkIntel 'Downfall': Severe flaw in billions of CPUs leaks passwords and much morewww.pcworld.comTheUnmentionable to [email protected]English • 1 year agomessage-square163fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareEager EaglelinkfedilinkEnglish289•1 year agoDownfall, Inception, Meltdown, Spectre, I hate to see new vulnerabilities, but their naming choices are solid.
minus-squareEl BartolinkfedilinkEnglish144•1 year agoThey should name them after their investors and board members.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish30•1 year agoGelsinger, McKeon, and Lavender do have a nice ring to them.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish60•edit-21 year agoImagine a bug in the ALU when adding two octal values - Octoplussy Or a bug in a specific Intel generation - Skylakefall
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish23•1 year agoThe next one will be discovered On Her Motherboard’s Secret Processes
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•edit-21 year agoAll four of those names are movies. Only one is a Bond movie, though.
minus-squaremishimaenjoyerlinkfedilink34•1 year agocan’t wait for “shellshock”, “wildfire” and “collapse”.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish60•edit-21 year agoShellshock happened in 2014 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shellshock_(software_bug)
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.
can’t wait for “shellshock”, “wildfire” and “collapse”.
Shellshock happened in 2014 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shellshock_(software_bug)
oh lol