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The level of access required to make Spectre work, basically shoehorning microcode into the CPU, means that you'd already have some deep hooks in the box anyway
by blaser-waffle 4y ago
The level of access required to make Spectre work, basically shoehorning microcode into the CPU, means that you'd already have some deep hooks in the box anyway. Easier to use other methods at that point.
- muricula 4y agoSpectre does not require changing the CPU's microcode. You just need to be able to run native code or even javascript. https://security.googleblog.com/2021/03/a-spectre-proof-of-concept-for-spectre.html https://security.googleblog.com/2021/03/a-spectre-proof-of-c... https://leaky.page/ https://leaky.page/