And now we're getting official confirmation. Intel is running a press conference and here is the slide deck:
https://s21.q4cdn.com/600692695/files/doc_presentations/2018/Side-Channel-Analysis-Security.pdf
... and Google just published this blog post:
Google Online Security Blog: Today's CPU vulnerability: what you need to know
It so far confirms the three cases in which this exploit may occur, as well as the enlightening fact that the initial disclosure was to be the 9th of January (coinciding with the Microsoft patch).
https://s21.q4cdn.com/600692695/files/doc_presentations/2018/Side-Channel-Analysis-Security.pdf
... and Google just published this blog post:
Google Online Security Blog: Today's CPU vulnerability: what you need to know
It so far confirms the three cases in which this exploit may occur, as well as the enlightening fact that the initial disclosure was to be the 9th of January (coinciding with the Microsoft patch).