https://community.isc2.org/t5/Industry-News/The-Spectre-of-multi-core-CPUs/m-p/10827#M1002 <P>According to <A href="http://www.zdnet.com/article/ex-intel-security-expert-this-new-spectre-attack-can-even-reveal-firmware-secrets/" target="_blank">reports</A>, the latest version of the Spectre attack can even give access to the firmware.&nbsp; You're not even supposed to able to get there from the kernel.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I'm sorry, but I did warn you about this.&nbsp; Seventeen years ago I was teaching that multi-core CPUs were subject to race conditions, and both Spectre and Meltdown are simply specialized types of race conditions ...</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>(It's too bad that basic computer architecture seems to have been reduced in the CBK ...)</P> Mon, 09 Oct 2023 08:47:20 GMT rslade 2023-10-09T08:47:20Z https://community.isc2.org/t5/Industry-News/The-Spectre-of-multi-core-CPUs/m-p/10827#M1002 <P>According to <A href="http://www.zdnet.com/article/ex-intel-security-expert-this-new-spectre-attack-can-even-reveal-firmware-secrets/" target="_blank">reports</A>, the latest version of the Spectre attack can even give access to the firmware.&nbsp; You're not even supposed to able to get there from the kernel.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I'm sorry, but I did warn you about this.&nbsp; Seventeen years ago I was teaching that multi-core CPUs were subject to race conditions, and both Spectre and Meltdown are simply specialized types of race conditions ...</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>(It's too bad that basic computer architecture seems to have been reduced in the CBK ...)</P> Mon, 09 Oct 2023 08:47:20 GMT https://community.isc2.org/t5/Industry-News/The-Spectre-of-multi-core-CPUs/m-p/10827#M1002 rslade 2023-10-09T08:47:20Z