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New Spectre Attacks and a Wave of Linux Vulnerabilities
Original: This Week in Security: New Spectre Attacks, Crushing Quantity of Linux Vulns, Google Gets Too Much AI, and Hacking Lawnm
Hackaday's weekly security roundup reports new Spectre-style CPU attacks, a large batch of Linux vulnerabilities, concerns that Google is prioritizing AI too heavily, and demonstrated hacks of lawnmowers. The roundup is drawing attention among security enthusiasts for tying together hardware, software and consumer-device threats in one week, with the Spectre variant and the volume of Linux flaws the standouts.
Why now: Security researchers and enthusiasts follow weekly roundups to track newly disclosed attacks and vulnerabilities.
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