The Impact of Meltdown and Spectre Attacks

Year 2019, Volume: 3 Issue: 1, 38 - 43, 04.03.2019

Ahmet Efe Muhammed Onur Güngör

Abstract

Two vulnerabilities which are meltdown and spectre have been detected
recently. They are used to capturing data on computer or smartphones by
attackers. Vulnerabilities are part of the hardware design of the processor.
The only thing is changing the processor to get rid of these vulnerabilities.
There are some fixes from manufacturer of OS and BIOS which are trying to fix
exploits. In this paper, detailed analysis will be performed for the personal
and business impact of meltdown and spectre vulnerabilities.

Keywords

Meltdown, Spectre, Cloud, Virtualization, Cyber Attacks

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