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NetSpectre! A new Spectre Variant that Steals data through Network Connections!

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NetSpectre Bug! Spectre Variant Discovered! A New Spectre Variant has been uncovered by scientists that can steal your data by gaining access to your network connections. This new variant has been codenamed  NetSpectre as it does not require hosting its code on the system. This is a major step forward in the spectre attacks as it allows access to the victims PC without them even knowing that their system is vulnerable to cyber attacks. Until now the cyber crooks had to trick the user into  downloading and executing the malicious code into their system , but after the discovery of  NetSpectre, there is simply no need for these methods . Hoaxing a user into accessing a malicious website to run a JavaScript code to get the system infected by  Spectre seems a tedious process now, after the discovery of NetSpectre. The cyber attackers can easily bypass the whole hoaxing process or infecting the system with code to gain access to a user’s machine. Is NetSpect...