Security researchers have discovered a new variant of the Spectre vulnerability that, unlike other variants, can launch over a network. The attack is similar to one that was first spotted in May and dubbed “Spectre” by researchers. Researchers reported vulnerability to Spectre to Intel in March, which came up with a software patch. So, if you have already updated your code and applications to mitigate previous Spectre exploits, you should not worry about the NetSpectre attack. News of NetSpectre came two weeks after Intel paid a $100,000 bug bounty for the reporting of new vulnerabilities related to Spectre variant one, while Microsoft and Google reported Spectre variant four vulnerabilities in May.
Security researchers have discovered a new variant of the Spectre vulnerability that, unlike other variants, can launch over a network. The attack is similar to one that was first spotted in May and dubbed “Spectre” by researchers. Researchers reported vulnerability to Spectre to Intel in March, which came up with a software patch. News of NetSpectre came two weeks after Intel paid a $100,000 bug bounty for the reporting of new vulnerabilities related to Spectre variant one, while Microsoft and Google reported Spectre variant four vulnerabilities in May.