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This is most likely fake IT news. The site is hosted on a Raspberry Pi. Here's u/kawaiineko5 's analysis on it: * Domain registered only 8 days after meltdowna
by slacka 9y ago
This is most likely fake IT news. The site is hosted on a Raspberry Pi. Here's u/kawaiineko5 's analysis on it:
* Domain registered only 8 days after meltdownattack.com yet is "based on the work highlighted by Meltdown and Spectre". Hardly seems like enough time to have come up with something significant enough to give a name to.
Goes out of its way to copy the font used by meltdownattack.com and advertises itself with the names of meltdown and spectre, and their CVE IDs without listing its own. Given what they said it should have its own CVE IDs reserved by now. Just looks like a cheap grab for attention as it is.
* Unlike meltdown: Where are the mysterious Linux patches being speculated about if it's going to be announced when "operating system vendors have prepared patches." Is it so early that noone's begun work on it? Did noone invite Linux to the party?
* If it's actually important enough to be under "embargo", why are they hinting details on a public website about it at all?
* Its current icon[1] is a really cheaply made recolour of the Intel logo. Worst of any "hip and cool vulnerabilities with a name, logo and a website" yet, if real. Seems like the kind of thing I'd expect someone who doesn't understand meltdown/spectre to create because they saw people shitting on Intel, and definitely not the creation of someone who is supposedly working with chip manufacturers and following "embargos".
* Also apparently there's a second icon[2] based on the solaris logo. If one vulnerability is intel-related (i.e. a general purpose attack) and the other is solaris-related (i.e. a specific attack on solaris), why would they be bundled together? It's either inconsistent or the logos have nothing to do with the vulnerabilities which would make even less sense.
[1] https://skyfallattack.com/android-chrome-512x512.png https://skyfallattack.com/android-chrome-512x512.png
[2] https://solaceattack.com/android-chrome-512x512.png https://solaceattack.com/android-chrome-512x512.png