minus-squareJane@lemmy.worldtoTechnology@lemmy.world•Encryption-breaking, password-leaking bug in many AMD CPUs could take months to fixlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31·1 year agoHow come branch prediction seems so vulnerable to exploits? Both spectre and meltdown were also caused by branch prediction not working quite right. linkfedilink
minus-squareJane@lemmy.worldtoFediverse@lemmy.world•What the hell just happened?linkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 year agoLemmy.world appears to have been hacked. I guess just keep calm and wait for the admins to sort things out. linkfedilink
How come branch prediction seems so vulnerable to exploits? Both spectre and meltdown were also caused by branch prediction not working quite right.