Spectre and Meltdown: Attackers Always Have The Advantage

While the whole industry is scrambling on Spectre, Meltdown focused most of the spotlight on Intel and there is no shortage of outrage in Internet comments. Like many great discoveries, this one is obvious with the power of hindsight. So much so that the spectrum of reactions have spanned an extreme range. From “It’s so obvious, Intel engineers must be idiots” to “It’s so obvious, Intel engineers must have known! They kept it from us in a conspiracy with the NSA!”

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Securosis Firestarter: Mike Rothman and Rich Mogull’s Breacheriffic EquiFail

Certainly the most erudite discussion I’ve found in the secops space; in which, Messrs. Rothman and Mogull discuss recent operational failures from a security operations perspective. Enjoy!
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