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    1. Nicole Perlroth‏Verified account @nicoleperlroth Jan 3

      10. Basically, the motherlode. Meltdown can be exploited by any script kiddie with attack code. Spectre is harder to exploit, but nearly impossible to fix, short of shipping out new processors/hardware. The economic implications are not clear, but these are serious threats and

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    2. Nicole Perlroth‏Verified account @nicoleperlroth Jan 3

      11. Chipmakers like Intel will have to do a full recall-- unclear if there's even manufacturing capacity for this-- OR customers will have to wait for secure processors to reach the market, and do their own risk analysis as to whether they need to swap out all affected hardware.

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    3. Nicole Perlroth‏Verified account @nicoleperlroth Jan 3

      12. Intel is not surprisingly trying to downplay the threat of these attacks, but proof-of-concept attacks are already popping up online today, and the timeline for a full rollout of the patch is not clear. And that's just for the Meltdown threat. Spectre affects AMD and ARM too.

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    4. Nicole Perlroth‏Verified account @nicoleperlroth Jan 3

      13. But judging by stock moves today (Intel down, AMD up), investors didn't know that, taken together, Spectre and Meltdown affect all modern microprocessors.

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    5. Nicole Perlroth‏Verified account @nicoleperlroth Jan 3

      14. (Ok I'm back. Thanks United) Meltdown and Spectre affect most chipmakers including those from AMD, ARM, and Intel, and all the devices and operating systems running them (GOOG, AMZN, MSFT, APPL etc).

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    6. Nicole Perlroth‏Verified account @nicoleperlroth Jan 3

      15. The flaws were originally discovered last June by a researcher at Google Project Zero (shout out @ Jann Horn) and then separately by Paul Kocher and a crew of highly impressive researchers at Rambus and academic institutions. Originally public disclosure was set for next week

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    7. Nicole Perlroth‏Verified account @nicoleperlroth Jan 3

      16. But news of Meltdown started to leak out (shout out @TheRegister) yesterday, so the disclosure was moved up a week to right now. The problem with this rushed timeline is that we don't necessarily know when to expect Meltdown patches from tech cos.

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    8. Nicole Perlroth‏Verified account @nicoleperlroth Jan 3

      17. Google says its systems have been updated to defend against Meltdown https://security.googleblog.com/2018/01/todays-cpu-vulnerability-what-you-need.html …. Microsoft issued an emergency update today. Amazon said it protected AWS customers running Amazon's tailored Linux version, and would roll out the MSFT patch for other customers 2day

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    9. Nicole Perlroth‏Verified account @nicoleperlroth Jan 3

      19. And yes, there is no evidence of attacks “in the wild” (apart from the proof-of-concept research) but let’s be real. If an intel agency knew about these exploits, I think we can safely assume this would fall into a category of exploits they would rather hold onto vs. disclose

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    10. Nicole Perlroth‏Verified account @nicoleperlroth Jan 3

      20. And now it’s time for me to put down my devices and pay attention to this guy. Good night and good luck.pic.twitter.com/mpzbIxCmkL

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      Aral Balkan‏ @aral Jan 3
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      Adorable :) And thank you for the great summary.

      9:48 PM - 3 Jan 2018
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