Fwd: 139 pieces of (seemingly nonfunctional) malware that exploit Spectre and Meltdown are now circulating in the wild

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Subject:	139 pieces of (seemingly nonfunctional) malware that exploit Spectre and Meltdown are now circulating in the wild
Date:	Mon, 05 Feb 2018 02:16:41 +0000
From:	Cory Doctorow <>

This week, AV-TEST's census of samples of circulating malware that attempt to exploit the Meltdown and Spectre bugs hit 139, up from 77 on January 17. (more…)