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Originally Posted by PaceAdvantage
Now, if INTEL comes out and says there is no way to effectively fix this, then we might have an EOTW scenario...
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I guess what I am saying is that this is a much larger problem because: 1) a LOT more devices are affected (including the "invulnerable" Apple and Linux products); 2) not all devices may be able to implement Intel's fix; and 3) due to the way the info is stolen user won't know that their device has been compromised.
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Originally Posted by PaceAdvantage
What's the worst thing someone can get off my computer? My passwords and my personal information. Plenty of malware and viruses have been scouring Windows PCs for passwords and personal information for years.
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True, but an attack based on this flaw would effectively give a hacker administrative rights to your machine even after you changed passwords a million times. So that could lead to someone having a skeleton key to anyone's system, including those on the cloud. Data could be stolen/deleted, new ransomware could be created, and yes, passwords/personal info could be stolen.
Sounds pretty EOTW-ish to me. Let's hope it's not. I'm not ready to give up the Internet just yet.
