This is very bad news that has come to light via SecurityWeek:
Researchers have discovered more than 130 malware samples designed to exploit the recently disclosed Spectre and Meltdown CPU vulnerabilities. While a majority of the samples appear to be in the testing phase, we could soon start seeing attacks… On Wednesday, antivirus testing firm AV-TEST told SecurityWeek that it has obtained 139 samples from various sources, including researchers, testers and antivirus companies… Fortinet, which also analyzed many of the samples, confirmed that a majority of them were based on available proof of concept code. Andreas Marx, CEO of AV-TEST, believes different groups are working on the PoC exploits to determine if they can be used for some purpose. “Most likely, malicious purposes at some point,” he said.
Now I am not shocked by this at all as these two CPU flaws got a ton of coverage in the media. Which meant it was only a matter of time before someone tried to exploit them. That makes the screw ups in trying to patch these holes, along with the non-action by some companies in not patching these holes a big issue. Thus pretty much everyone who runs a computer could be in very deep trouble very soon.
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Malware Exploiting Spectre & Meltdown CPU Flaws Appears
This is very bad news that has come to light via SecurityWeek:
Researchers have discovered more than 130 malware samples designed to exploit the recently disclosed Spectre and Meltdown CPU vulnerabilities. While a majority of the samples appear to be in the testing phase, we could soon start seeing attacks… On Wednesday, antivirus testing firm AV-TEST told SecurityWeek that it has obtained 139 samples from various sources, including researchers, testers and antivirus companies… Fortinet, which also analyzed many of the samples, confirmed that a majority of them were based on available proof of concept code. Andreas Marx, CEO of AV-TEST, believes different groups are working on the PoC exploits to determine if they can be used for some purpose. “Most likely, malicious purposes at some point,” he said.
Now I am not shocked by this at all as these two CPU flaws got a ton of coverage in the media. Which meant it was only a matter of time before someone tried to exploit them. That makes the screw ups in trying to patch these holes, along with the non-action by some companies in not patching these holes a big issue. Thus pretty much everyone who runs a computer could be in very deep trouble very soon.
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