“Report: All Intel Processors Made in the Last Decade Might Have a Massive Security Flaw”

Intel processors manufactured within the last decade have been discovered to contain a major security flaw, which could allow protected kernel memory areas of a device to be read by malicious programs, possibly leaving protected information such as passwords exposed. The massive security vulnerability derives from a flaw in the design of Intel x86-64 hardware and affects computers running Windows, Linux, and macOS. This article further discusses the security flaw and how the fix may impact computing performance.

Gizmodo reports “Report: All Intel Processors Made in the Last Decade Might Have a Massive Security Flaw”​