Spoiler differentiates itself by being very easy to exploit (even as simple as running some malicious javacode in someone's browser when they visit a website), and very fast - it works in seconds, and makes existing rowhammer attacks easier to perform as well. Its nature makes mitigation very difficult, at extreme performance loss, or indeed - as the researchers suggest - impossible. I'd definitely consider that something to get hung up about, tbh.
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i7-9700k or i9-9900k?
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Spoiler differentiates itself by being very easy to exploit (even as simple as running some malicious javacode in someone's browser when they visit a website), and very fast - it works in seconds, and makes existing rowhammer attacks easier to perform as well. Its nature makes mitigation very difficult, at extreme performance loss, or indeed - as the researchers suggest - impossible. I'd definitely consider that something to get hung up about, tbh.
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I stand corrected...
I wouldn't be hung up about it at all.
I would simply avoid websites that were compromised - most of these vulnerabilities are not at all easy to exploit.
Running in a cloud environment, yes, I would be insisting on dedicated servers for my processes.
Good shout. Do you fancy posting the list of all compromised sites and all instances of malvertising? Oh wait, that'd be impossible. The fact is, my 8700K lost between 10% and 30% of its performance just after I bought it (Spectre and Meltdown patches), and now we find out every single Core CPU has an immutable vulnerability - even those shiny new 9 series ones that have only just gone on sale. If that still sounds like a sensible place to sink your money, I have a bridge to sell you.
