Re:Intel Responds to Security Research Findings
by IncRnd on Wednesday January 03, 2018 @05:58PM
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> They also stated it does not have the potential to cause deletion, modification or corruption which directly contradicts the "malicious purposes" statement.
You are mixing two different notions.
In security CIA = Confidentiality, Integrity, Availability.
Intel said that Confidentiality is broken by a security analysis applied maliciously (i.e. exploit), but Integrity is not. The general belief is that Availability is affected, due to a slowdown that depends on the workload.
You are mixing two different notions.
In security CIA = Confidentiality, Integrity, Availability.
Intel said that Confidentiality is broken by a security analysis applied maliciously (i.e. exploit), but Integrity is not. The general belief is that Availability is affected, due to a slowdown that depends on the workload.