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Re:AMD ships microcode update to disable some branch prediction by earenndil on Saturday January 06, 2018 @03:58AM (#16084483)
All OSes will be patched soon and then no one will be attacking using this exploit anymore.
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Re:AMD ships microcode update to disable some branch prediction by ivanbakel on Saturday January 06, 2018 @08:22AM (#16085143)
Plenty of legacy OSes will not receive any patches, plenty of current OS instances will not be updated by technically incompetent owners, and either way attacks using this exploit will continue to be profitable.
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