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[-] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 288 points 1 year ago

Downfall, Inception, Meltdown, Spectre, I hate to see new vulnerabilities, but their naming choices are solid.

[-] elbarto777@lemmy.world 139 points 1 year ago

They should name them after their investors and board members.

[-] nikt@lemmy.ca 30 points 1 year ago

Gelsinger, McKeon, and Lavender do have a nice ring to them.

[-] dingleberry@discuss.tchncs.de 55 points 1 year ago
[-] elvith@feddit.de 59 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Imagine a bug in the ALU when adding two octal values - Octoplussy

Or a bug in a specific Intel generation - Skylakefall

[-] emogu@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago

The next one will be discovered On Her Motherboard’s Secret Processes

[-] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

All four of those names are movies. Only one is a Bond movie, though.

[-] mishimaenjoyer@kbin.social 34 points 1 year ago

can't wait for "shellshock", "wildfire" and "collapse".

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