TheUnmentionable to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agoIntel 'Downfall': Severe flaw in billions of CPUs leaks passwords and much morewww.pcworld.comexternal-linkmessage-square167fedilinkarrow-up1986arrow-down110file-textcross-posted to: tech@pawb.social
arrow-up1976arrow-down1external-linkIntel 'Downfall': Severe flaw in billions of CPUs leaks passwords and much morewww.pcworld.comTheUnmentionable to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agomessage-square167fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: tech@pawb.social
minus-squareEager EaglelinkfedilinkEnglish289•2 years agoDownfall, Inception, Meltdown, Spectre, I hate to see new vulnerabilities, but their naming choices are solid.
minus-squareEl BartolinkfedilinkEnglish144•2 years agoThey should name them after their investors and board members.
minus-square@nikt@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglish30•2 years agoGelsinger, McKeon, and Lavender do have a nice ring to them.
minus-square@elvith@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglish60•edit-22 years agoImagine a bug in the ALU when adding two octal values - Octoplussy Or a bug in a specific Intel generation - Skylakefall
minus-square@emogu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish23•2 years agoThe next one will be discovered On Her Motherboard’s Secret Processes
minus-square@lolcatnip@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglish5•edit-22 years agoAll four of those names are movies. Only one is a Bond movie, though.
minus-squaremishimaenjoyerlinkfedilink34•2 years agocan’t wait for “shellshock”, “wildfire” and “collapse”.
minus-square@nabladabla@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglish61•edit-22 years agoShellshock happened in 2014 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shellshock_(software_bug)
Downfall, Inception, Meltdown, Spectre, I hate to see new vulnerabilities, but their naming choices are solid.
They should name them after their investors and board members.
Gelsinger, McKeon, and Lavender do have a nice ring to them.
Sounds like Bond movies.
Imagine a bug in the ALU when adding two octal values - Octoplussy
Or a bug in a specific Intel generation - Skylakefall
The next one will be discovered On Her Motherboard’s Secret Processes
All four of those names are movies. Only one is a Bond movie, though.
can’t wait for “shellshock”, “wildfire” and “collapse”.
Shellshock happened in 2014 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shellshock_(software_bug)
oh lol