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Pentium Computers Vulnerable to Attack?

 
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 5:42 pm    Post subject: Pentium Computers Vulnerable to Attack? Reply with quote
The attack is based on the built-in procedure that Pentium based chips use when they overheat:
When the processor begins to overheat or encounters other conditions that could threaten the
motherboard, the computer interrupts its normal operation, momentarily freezes and stores its
activity, said Loïc Duflot, a computer sec...read more
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