Meltdown and Spectre Vulnerability
Meltdown and Spectre Meltdown and Spectre are two Vulnerabilities in modern computers and smartphone which leak passwords and sensitive data and allow malware to access sensitive data without privileges. If you are not aware of malware then check out my video series on malware. The link is available in the description down below. Meltdown and specter CPU bugs are found in modern and old CPUs designed by Intel, ARM, and AMD. Meltdown and Spectre are basically hardware vulnerabilities that allow programs to steal user’s data currently processed on a computer. Though programs are generally not permitted to read data from other programs, a malicious program can exploit Meltdown and Spectre to fetch sensitive data stored in the memory of other running programs. These hardware bugs can allow malicious programs to steal data from the memory of other programs, potentially putting a wide variety of sensitive information such as stored passwords, crypto-keys, and files at risk.