Intel chip flaw: Math unit may spill crypto secrets to apps – modern Linux, Windows, BSDs immune

Updated A security flaw within Intel Core and Xeon processors can be potentially exploited to swipe sensitive data from the chips’ math processing units. Malware or malicious logged-in users can attempt to leverage this design blunder to steal the inputs and results of computations performed in private by other software.

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