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Intel 'Downfall': Severe flaw in billions of CPUs leaks passwords and much more (www.pcworld.com)
submitted 2 years ago by theunmentionable@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 287 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Downfall, Inception, Meltdown, Spectre, I hate to see new vulnerabilities, but their naming choices are solid.

[–] elbarto777@lemmy.world 139 points 2 years ago (1 children)

They should name them after their investors and board members.

[–] nikt@lemmy.ca 30 points 2 years ago

Gelsinger, McKeon, and Lavender do have a nice ring to them.

[–] dingleberry@discuss.tchncs.de 52 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Sounds like Bond movies.

[–] elvith@feddit.de 60 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Imagine a bug in the ALU when adding two octal values - Octoplussy

Or a bug in a specific Intel generation - Skylakefall

[–] emogu@lemmy.world 23 points 2 years ago

The next one will be discovered On Her Motherboard’s Secret Processes

[–] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

All four of those names are movies. Only one is a Bond movie, though.

[–] mishimaenjoyer@kbin.social 34 points 2 years ago (1 children)

can't wait for "shellshock", "wildfire" and "collapse".

[–] nabladabla@sopuli.xyz 61 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)