10-14-2018, 05:30 PM
Actually all this could ever do in a properly installed Linux system is possibly cause a DoS, and the CLI would report the kernel errors. The threat is to MS Windows whereby software could possibly be remotely installed to the system, though even there BIOS/EFI password would simply eliminate the problem in the first place. This is just MS spin doctors at work, patting themselves on the back to build public confidence. Spectre-Meltdown, news of which has quietly dissipated, still remains the most serious threat to modern computers/servers because it deals with RAM access, and will not be alleviated until new CPUs and secure RAM appear no matter what you read, and its only real limitation as an exploit is technical creativity, which is itself only about $$. It is a far better candidate for nation to nation cyber-espionage than anything else out there.
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