Detection of the Meltdown and Spectre Vulnerabilities Using CheckPoint CPU-Level Technology

Last week, two publications regarding a pair of vulnerabilities named individually by their publishers as Meltdown and Spectre sent shockwaves through the cyber-security ecosystem. Using side-channel attacks, these vulnerabilities allow an attacker to break the security that lies at the core of a large chunk of today’s computer systems. Meltdown, (also known as Variant 3: […]

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